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Sex racket busted

Staff Reporter

MACHILIPATNAM: The Nuzvid police on Thursday busted a woman trafficking racket and rescued 12 girls who were being forced to enter the flesh trade in Bangalore, besides arresting five persons, including two women, on the charge of trafficking.

12 rescued

The police arrested K. Raju (44) of Rajahmundry, Chandan Gowd (22) and Hakki Jagadeesh, both from Karnataka, Sunitha of Nuzvid and Sirisha of Hanuman Junction.

Of the 12 victims, four were from Karnataka, two each from Nuzvid in Krishna district and Kolkata, one each from Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Nepal and Mumbai.

With the help of the State CID, women protection cell and the Bangalore police, the police went to Bangalore and raided a brothel at Vydhyanarayanapuram, from where they rescued the victims and arrested the five accused.

No case had been registered against the accused yet.

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