India, July 23 -- The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Pune City Crime Branch rescued nine women and arrested two men, including a lodge manager, during raids on two lodges allegedly used for prostitution in Ambegaon Budruk near Navale Bridge, police said on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off received on Monday, July 20, the AHTU conducted surveillance and verified the information through a decoy customer before simultaneously raiding Sai Kiran Lodge and Galaxy Lodge on the Ambegaon-Katraj Road under the supervision of Police Inspector Ashalata Khapre.

Police rescued nine women allegedly being exploited for commercial sex.

The arrested accused were identified as Rakesh Raju Patole (27), an autorickshaw driver from Ganesh Nagar, Dhay...