Dubai:
Three Indians have been accused of forcing a woman into the flesh trade on the pretext of giving her a job as a maid in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi, media reported on Monday.
A criminal court in Abu Dhabi heard the case on Sunday of the three Indian men accused of picking up the Indian woman from Abu Dhabi International Airport and luring her into prostitution, The National reported on Monday.
The trio, identified as SK, MS and ZN, were caught after the police raided an apartment on Hamdan Street in Abu Dhabi, from where the prostitution racket operated, based on information given by the woman.
The woman, identified as SF, said she was beaten and forced to have sex with customers.
She was blackmailed that her husband in India would be informed about her activities, police told the court.
The woman said she was tied up and taken to several hotels for prostitution.
The police told the court that they recovered receipts of large sums of money transferred by one of the accused, MS, to his family in India.
The defendant contended that the money was earned through freelance jobs.