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A man was arrested by the Task Force on charges of running a brothel while a woman was rescued in Rebbena mandal on Sunday.

The arrested persons are Mohd.Saifuddin (46), a resident of Madina Nagar in Yakutpura, and Mohd.Moazzam (32) from Talabkatta in Bhavani Nagar.

Based on a complaint, the Saidabad police booked a case and nabbed the trio.

The suspect had allegedly lured the 35-year-old woman from Chilkalguda area and took her on his bike to the campus on November 27 night.

The police recovered eight LED lights, one amplifier and two cell phones from his possession.

The two, Mohammad Sufiyan and Mohammad Sameer, were arrested and produced before court.

Rachakonda Police Commissioner, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat said the gang was supplying the drugs to local consumers in the city.

The arrested persons were identified as Rahul Kumar Sharma (36), a resident of Charminar, Kattela Anoop Kumar (30) of Nagole and Sunkam Raju (30) of Nizamabad, presently staying in Bengaluru.

The Punjagutta police arrested a person who was allegedly involved in theft of a car and seized the vehicle from him.

According to the police, the accused were distributing leaflets near the church of Annur village asking Hindus to convert to Christianity.