THE HINDU
Date:22/09/2008
Andhra Pradesh -
Anantapur Women rescued from Mumbai brothels
Staff Reporter
ANANTAPUR: Superintendent of Police M.K. Singh stated here on Sunday that teams of district police, CID and NGOs raided brothel houses in Bhiwandi area in Mumbai on September 18 and rescued 38 women and girls from brothel houses.
Six traffickers were also arrested in the raid.
All the victims and traffickers were produced in a court at Bhiwandi on September 19. Of the rescued victims, 20 were from other States and 18 from Andhra Pradesh.
The rescued women of the State were brought to Anantapur on Sunday along with the traffickers to produce them in Kadiri court.
The SP stated that the victims mostly belonged to Anantapur and Kadpa districts.Police team
A police team from the district led by probationary DSPs Umameshwar and Radhika and Kadiri rural Circle Inspector Munawar Hussain, a CID team led by SP A.S. Khan and team of NGOs had raided the brothel houses after a woman of Gopalapuram village in N.P.Kunta mandal lodged a complaint with the police earlier this month against traffickers.
The SP told newspersons that the police would also clamp PD Act against the traffickers, if necessary, to prevent the inhuman activity.