Following a tip-off, the Raichur Rural Police carried out a raid on a hotel on the Raichur-Hyderabad Road, arrested four accused and rescued six women from the accused.
According to Superintendent of Police G. Puattamadaiah, the raid was carried out on July 1 to rescue the women who had been brought from various parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for prostitution. They were lured with a large sum of money, he added.
The Superintendent of Police gave the names of the accused as 58-year-old Shankar of Raichur, 30-year-old Mallesh of Ganamur, 27-year-old Shivakumar of Muchhalagudda Camp in Sirwar and 22-year-old Durugesh of Baidoddi in Raichur taluk.
A case has been registered under Sections 3, 4, and 5(1a) of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act 1956 and Sections 143 (1) and (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita 2023.
A team of Inspector Sabayya, Sub-Inspector Prakash Reddy Dambal, Head Constables Bhaskar, Mehboob, Shantakumar, Amarnath, Constables Shashikala, Shantamma, Suresh, Gopalreddy and Raghav Reddy carried out the raid on the direction of Deputy Superintendent of Police Shantaveera.
