India, Sept. 15 -- Thirteen women, all Thai nationals, were rescued by Surat's Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) during a late-night raid on a hotel in Jahangirpura on Saturday.

Nine people, including five clients and four hotel staff, were arrested in connection with the racket, which was operating from a commercial complex, The Times of India reported.

The raid began late Saturday night when the AHTU team, acting on a tip-off about a prostitution racket, reached the fourth floor of the hotel in Jahangirpura. They found the door locked from inside and, acting on verified intelligence, broke it open to catch the accused red-handed, the report added.

Among the people arrested were hotel managers Rupesh Mishra alias Maxi and Bipin Babar...