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Police rescue woman from brothel in Uppal

Staff Reporter

The woman in her early 20s, forced into prostitution by four persons

HYDERABAD: A woman from a remote village of Nalgonda district, who was allegedly sold to a brothel by her lover three years ago, helped the police rescue another woman forced into prostitution in Uppal on Thursday.

Brothel raided

The 20-year-old woman from Nalgonda escaped from a brothel being operated allegedly by one Sweetie at Warasiguda a couple of days ago and approached Ankuram, a voluntary organisation. With Ankuram's help, she met the Crime Investigation Department officials.

Reacting to her complaint, the CID officials with the help of the Uppal police, raided the brothel from where she escaped.

Police found an alleged pimp Sweetie and her associate Srikanth Reddy. Later, they raided another brothel in Uppal.

"There we found a local woman in her early 20s forced into prostitution by one Padma, her associates - Pandit and Prashant - and a customer Tillu," the Uppal police said. According to the police, it was Pandit, a roadside eatery owner, who sold the woman from Nalgonda to Padma three years ago.

Hailing from Turkapally village, the woman fell in his trap when she came to the city on some work. Pandit allegedly befriended her with sweet talk.

Leading her to believe that he wanted to marry her, Pandit sold her to Padma. From there, the woman was sold by one pimp to another in the next three years before landing in Sweetie's brothel.

The two women would be sent to a State Home, the police said.

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