Human trafficking racket busted in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Jan 20: The city police have arrested a five-member gang which indulged in cheating, illegal human smuggling, trafficking and sexual exploitation under the guise of providing job visas to foreign counties.Police seized net cash Rs 1.6 lakhs, visa documents and five mobile phones from their possession.

On credible information, the sleuths of Special Operation Team (SOT), Malkajgiri Zone apprehended Uppe Trimurthulu (32),Madiki Tathaji (26), Pothula Dasu (30), Goganamanda Rama Rao (40) and Sala Murali (37). Five others hailing from Amalapuram presently working as manpower agencies in Dubai were absconding, police said.

The main accused PothulaSrinuBabu alias Dubai Srinu, AlpaSrinu, Satyawathi, Kareem, Mariyamma, Laxmi and others were residing in Dubai/Muscat and other Arab countries since more than 10 years and having good contacts with the manpower agencies at Dubai, Muscat, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain and indulging in illegal human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

The accused contacting to their brother's, relatives, friends informing them that they will send Visas from Dubai Arab manpower offices by managing the Arab managers in manpower agencies and informing them to contact the villagers especially married women with a promise of providing job visas for working as home maids, cook, cleaners, children caretakers and to pay them more than 30,000 rupees per month.

The gullible women believing the version of the agents and by leaving their children, husband and other family members leave to Dubai, Muscat and after going there the other agents in Dubai are receiving them and taking them to the manpower agencies and selling over them to Arab offices for lakhs of rupees.