Indian jailed for pimping in Dubai

Dubai, Feb 28: A 36-year-old Indian has been sentenced by a Dubai court to three years in jail for forcing a woman into prostitution.

He would be deported after serving the jail term.The court documents said the unidentified woman, came to Dubai in 2007 to work as a housemaid but was taken from the airport to the man's house which housed several other women also. She was asked to sleep with men and was beaten up on her refusal. She managed to escape and reported the matter to the police.

UNI