Telangana brothels: 5-year-old was tortured, injected with sex hormones
Telangana brothels: 5-year-old was tortured, injected with sex hormones Eleven minor girls were rescued by the police in the famous temple town of Yadagirigutta in Telangana’s Yadadri Bhongir district from sex traffickers. The minor girls were injected with sex hormones so that they could attain early puberty and pushed into flesh trade. Eight traffickers were arrested after a raid on six brothels at Ganeshnagar area of the town, Rachakonda police commissioner Mahesh Bhagawat confirmed. The Yadagirigutta police along with SHE teams, Special Operations Team and officials from Integrated Child Development Scheme raided the house of Kamsani Kalyani and found two girls following a tip-off from a local resident. Police raided five other houses following the information given by Kalyani and rescued the 11 girls, including four seven-year-olds. The police said the children were administered hormonal injections by one Dr Swamy so that they could attain early sexual maturity. “They were kept in confinement and the accused were running the flesh trade for around four years. After proper inquiry, PD Act will be initiated against all the accused persons, apart from closing their houses,” the commissioner said. “The traffickers had bought some children from two agents Krishna Shankar and Kamsani Yadagiri for amounts ranging up to Rs 2 lakh each. Some others were picked up from railway stations, bus stations and other public places also,” the commissioner said. “They were also booked under Section 17 (Abetment) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act besides relevant sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (ITPA),” Bhagawat said, adding that the rescued minors have been sent to a home. -PTC News
