*Hyderabad: *

A high-profile prostitution racket was busted following a raid at a hotelin the posh Banjara hills locality in Hyderabad and a 24-year-old buddingfilm actress from Mumbai was rescued, police said today, NDTV has reported.

Two people were arrested in this connection, they said.

Acting on a tip-off, police conducted raid at the hotel last night andarrested the brothel organiser along with a customer, who is a governmentemployee, a release from police said.

They also rescued the film actress, who is a native of Agra, it said.

The accused A Janardhan Rao is a “habitual brothel organiser” and haspreviously indulged in luring upcoming film actress from Mumbai into “fleshtrade” in and around Hyderabad.

During investigation it was found that Janardhan Rao and other abscondingaccused lured film actresses from Mumbai and other states for sexualexploitation on weekly contract basis by paying them Rs 1 lakh for a weekand they (accused) used to collect Rs 20,000 from each customer, therelease added.