Telangana: 11 minor girls rescued from brothels, 11 traffickers arrested
Eleven minor girls have been rescued from brothels in a Telangana town and eight traffickers, including six women arrested. Acting on a tip-off, a team, comprising police and officials of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), raided the brothels at Yadagirigutta in Yadadri Bhongir district yesterday and rescued the girls, in the age group of 7 to 10, police said. Here are more details.
Traffickers bought children by paying Rs. 1-2L for each girl
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said that the traffickers bought the children, all from poor families, through agents, by paying them between Rs. 1L to Rs. 2L for each girl. The girls were then sent to brothels, taken care of till puberty. During this period, a doctor was hired to administer hormonal injections to the children to aid their growth, the Commissioner said.
Case has been registered against traffickers under IPC sections
Bhagwat said a case has been registered against the traffickers under IPC Sections 366A (procuration of minor girl), 372 (selling minors for purposes of prostitution), 373 (buying minors for purposes of prostitution), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) and also relevant sections of the POCSO Act.
