Panaji:
Goa police has said that bar girls displaced after a ban on dance bars in Mumbai are making Goa their second home.
DGP B S Bassi, briefing media persons on Friday said due to closure of dance bars and Goa's tourism profile, there is influx of these girls in the state.
"Goa being a tourist destination and due to the closure of dance bars in the neighbouring state of Maharashtra, there is an influx of such elements in the state of Goa," the statement by DGP reads.
The statistics provided in the annual review mentions that in the year 2008, the crime branch arrested 10 accused and rescued 12 girls from their custody.
"In the year 2009, crime branch arrested five accused and six girls were rescued," it adds.