Brothel raided in Hyderabad’s Chaderghat, two minor girls from Bengal rescued

According to police, one Rajat Mandal was organising brothel at a house in Moosanagar and luring customers through a set of sub-organisers by paying them commissions

Hyderabad: In a major operation, the Chaderghat police raided a brothel house on Monday night and rescued two minor girls hailing from West Bengal. The police arrested eight persons who were organising the racket and also apprehended a customer during the raid.

According to the police, Rajat Mandal was organising the brothel at a house in Moosanagar of Chaderghat and luring customers through a set of sub-organisers by paying them commissions. The sub-organisers, who were facilitating Rajat in carrying illegal activities, are from different areas of the city, and a few of them are from Delhi and West Bengal.

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“The two minor girls were brought to the city from Kolkata on the pretext of arranging jobs in companies by one Kamrul Shaik alias Rahul and forced into prostitution. One of the victims was rescued from a room while she was with a customer,” said a police official.

The police invoked Section 143,144 r/w 3(5) of BNS and 3 & 4 of the PITA Act and are investigating. High Court advocate Afsar Jahan said the police in cases where minor girls are rescued and customers caught during the raid should invoke, The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and an investigation should be taken up by an official of ACP/ DSP rank.

“All the persons who had sexually exploited the girl should be identified and arrested immediately. In a few such cases, the police had invoked rape charges, and it should be done in this case too,” she demanded.

A senior official said instructions were issued to the Chaderghat police to seek a legal opinion about invoking the POCSO Act and more Sections of BNS in the case.