New Delhi: A 27-year-old female casting director and actor has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly running a prostitution racket. Two models were rescued and sent to a rehab centre. The accused has been identified as Aarti Harishchandra Mittal.
As per ANI’s tweet, Mumbai Crime Branch mentioned, “Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 11, Dindoshi police busted a sex racket running in Goregaon area. Two models were rescued from the spot and a 30-year-old casting director, Aarti Mittal was arrested in this case.”
The accused used to target models when she met them during various projects by offering them good money to get into prostitution. Mittal also worked as an actor and casting director, Mumbai Police said, as per a report by Mid-day.
The models, who were rescued, reportedly informed police that Aarti had promised to pay them Rs 15,000 each. Police had sent dummy customers to the hotel to bust the racket.
“Mittal sent pictures of two women on PI Sutar’s phone and told him that these models will come either to Juhu or Goregaon-based hotels. Sutar booked two rooms in Goregaon and sent two dummy customers. Mittal arrived with two young women and also gave them condoms. All of this has been recorded on spy cameras,” Mid-day quoted a police officer as saying.
“We have arrested the alleged accused for running a prostitution racket in the film industry and supplying models to customers to earn money. We have registered a case against Mittal under Section 370 of the IPC and other relevant sections for girls trafficking. The case has been transferred to the Unit 11 crime branch for further investigation,” a police officer from Dindoshi police station told Mid-day.