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17-year-old girl rescued from traffickers

Staff Reporter

TADEPALLIGUDEM: The life of a 17-year-old minor girl from Gopalapuram area in West Godavari district would have ended up as a victim of women trafficking, but for the timely intervention of police. A special team led by Sub-Inspector M. Venkateswara Rao rescued the girl while being sold away to a couple of traffickers from Eluru for a ‘price’ of Rs 10,000 here.

Kovvuru DSP G. Janaki Sharmila said efforts were under way to send the victim to a State-run rescue home at Eluru for rehabilitation. Besides the minor girl, five other women, who were forced into flesh trade, also secured freedom following a raid on a den by the police in the town. Ms. Janaki Sharmila presented 16 persons who were allegedly involved in the trafficking at a media conference here on Monday.

The DSP said the accused were allegedly luring the young women with poor economic background into trafficking to cities such as Bangalore and Hyderabad by presenting them expensive gifts.

Ms. Janaki informed that police launched a drive against women trafficking in the Kovvuru sub-division and freed 15 victims, including four minors, in the last two weeks.

A recent raid on a den at Tanuku led to the release of nine victims, including three minors, from the clutches of traffickers.

In all, 27 persons allegedly involved in the trafficking were arrested in the two incidents reported at Tanuku and Tadepalligudem. Suspect sheets were opened against 11 persons belonging to different places in the district for allegedly having connections with the traffickers.

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