Sex racket busted in Madhapur apartment, 3 Uzbek women rescued | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Madhapur police, along with the Kukatpally special operations team, busted an alleged sex racket at a service apartment in Madhapur on Sunday night and rescued three women from Uzbekistan. The alleged organiser, identified as Naik, is absconding.Acting on a tip-off, the police team raided a flat at the service apartment in Chandra Naik Thanda in Madhapur around 9 pm on Sunday.“We received information about a sex racket being operated from the service apartment. We found three women, all natives of Uzbekistan, at the flat. They did not have valid visas. During interrogation, they told us that they had illegally entered India about a month ago through the Nepal border and were handed over to Naik by someone in Delhi. Naik had accommodated them at the service apartment and allegedly forced them into sex work,” Madhapur inspector KV Subba Rao said.The inspector said the women would be produced before a court and shifted to a rescue home for rehabilitation.Police have launched a manhunt to trace Naik. A case has been registered against him at Madhapur police station under relevant sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.The inspector urged service apartment owners and managers to verify occupants’ identity documents, maintain proper records and alert police about suspicious activities.