BHIWANDI: In a shocking incident a 23-year-old girl's private parts were slashed when she refused to get into prostitution.

The pimp, a woman, had tortured the victim for few days but when she didn't budge, the pimp with the help of her two male friends slashed her breasts with a blade.

Bhiwandi city police has arrested the pimp, Ruby Munshi, 34 and has launched a manhunt for her male friends Alam and Afjal who helped her.

Alam lured the survivior, who hails from a poor family in Gujarat, to get married. He brought her to Mumbai and sold her to Ruby for Rs 30,000.

The police learned about the incident after the victim got herself admitted in the Indira Gandhi Memorial hospital.

In her complaint, the victim alleged that when she refused to get into prostitution, the accused first harassed her and then Rubi slashed her breasts and branded her with a hot iron rod.

"When we learned about incident on Friday from the doctor we immediately arrested Rubi." said RH Saste, police inspector of Bhiwandi city. Rubi was produced in the Bhiwandi court and remanded to police custody till March 25.