Kolkata, July 1: Police busted a sex racket and arrested 18 persons including nine sex workers from Kolkata's Park Street area, a senior officer said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip off, officers of Beniapukur Police Station conducted a raid on the third floor of a building in 82 Park Street on Saturday evening and arrested the persons for allegedly running a brothel in the guise of a beauty parlour.

"Nine sex workers, three customers and six other persons including the pimps and brothel manager Bikash Chakraborty were arrested," Joint Commissioner of Kolkata Police (Crime) Nishad Parvez said.

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Bantwal: In a rare and notable achievement, a mother and her daughter from Bantwal taluk have passed the 2nd PUC examinations in the same year.

Hemashree R, a student of Government Pre-University College in B Mooda, appeared for the examination in the Arts stream and scored 562 marks out of 600. She is reported to have topped her college.

Her mother, Nethravathi VR, a resident of Kaikamba in BC Road, also appeared for the examination this year as a private candidate with the aim of completing her 2nd PUC.

Nethravathi’s husband Ravikumar, who serves as the head teacher of Nandavara Government Primary School, expressed happiness and pride over the achievement of both his wife and daughter.