Mumbai, Yesterday, a 24 year old model was arrested for running a prostitution racket in Versova of western Mumbai under the guise of a production house and two girls were rescued.

The police conducted a raid on premises, during which a model was held. Under section 373 (buying minors for purposes of prostitution) of IPC and under various provisions of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA), the model has been booked.

"The model used to contact struggling models who are interested in working in film industry and then used to put them in touch with customers and earn a cut for herself", said police.

A diary has been recovered by the police from the arrested accused containing several photographs of struggling models.