Casting couch racket busted, 8 models rescued

A casting couch racket that forced aspiring actresses and models into prostitution has been busted in Mumbai with the arrest of three persons, including a casting director, while eight models were rescued from a posh hotel, a crime branch official said on Wednesday. Police recovered Rs 5.59 lakh cash, 15 mobile phone handsets, and a car during the raid on Tuesday. As per preliminary information, the rescued models had worked in various advertisements, movies and in some web series, the official said.