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On May 31, 2011 Mid-Day reported that suspecting an Andheri-based ‘friendship club’, a well-known euphemism for prostitution rackets, was raided yesterday and the owner arrested by the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s Special Squad after they received several complaints of him cheating customers. Prasad Patkar (42) allegedly ran the prostitution racket under the guise of a friendship club out of a ground floor flat of a building near Navrang Cinema at JP Road, Andheri (West). Senior Inspector Rakesh Sharma of the Special Squad said more than 200 portfolios of small-time models, 21 mobile phones, laptops, television sets, several pan cards, cheque books and credit cards were recovered from him.

 The original article can be found at Mid-Day.