Prostitution racket busted in Hyderabad, police rescue actress

Acting on a tip-off, police conducted raid at the hotel on Saturday night.

high-profile prostitution racket was busted following a raid at a hotel in the posh Banjara hills locality here and a 24-year-old budding film actress from Mumbai rescued, police said today.

Police rescued a young film actress, who is a native of Agra. (PTI File Photo)

Two persons have been arrested in this connection, they said.

Acting on a tip-off, police conducted raid at the hotel last night andarrested the brothel organiser along with acustomer, who is a government employee, a release from police said.

They also rescued the film actress, who is a native of Agra, it said.

The accused A Janardhan Rao is a “habitual brothel organiser” and has previously indulged in luring upcomingfilm actress from Mumbai into “flesh trade” in and around Hyderabad, it added.

During investigation it was found that Rao and other absconding accused lured film actresses from Mumbai and other states for sexual exploitation on weekly contract basis by paying them ₹1 lakh for a week and they (accused) used to collect ₹20,000 from each customer, the release said.