Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The Central Crime Branch officials on Saturday raided a bar and restaurant on rest house road in Brigade road and rescued 19 girls who were forced to perform live .
The police have also arrested seven staff of the restaurant for running the business without required permission.
The woman who are employed at the bar are forced to perform live were lured and brought from Nepal,West Bengal,Delhi,UP,Maharastra and parts of Karnataka promising decent jobs.
They were forced to wear skimpy cloths and perform before the customers to provoke them to shower money .
The management of the bar did not have any required permits from the authorities concerned nor have occupancy certificate, a senior officer, said .
The rescued women have been sent to state home for women and accused were remanded to judicial custody while case has been registered against them in cubbon park police station.
