Three minors were rescued from the house, who were later sent to remand home.
The main accused Tara (30), hailing from Belur taluk in Hassan district and Deepa (25) from Chikmagalur district are the two women detained by the CoD sleuths.
Accused
The detained duo operated in several districts under various names. Enticing young and naïve children with alluring promises, they would later push them into the network.
Tara had been residing in Kulai from the past 13 years and had developed a wide network. According to the CoD police, she revealed that she had coaxed several children till date into immoral activities. During interrogation, she is also purported to have revealed that she had carried on with the illegal activities unnoticed as she had the support of local social leaders and representatives.
The other accused Deepa had reportedly been staying with the main accused from the past three years. It has also been discovered during the investigation that Tara had been successful in disengaging Deepa from her marriage for her assistance in running the trade.
The team of sleuths was led by CoD inspector Anil Kumar. Police have also taken into custody a minor girl working as a help in the home of a professor in Mangalore.
Girl rescued
The raid in Kulai was conducted by the CoD police on the basis of information received from a minor girl rescued in a raid in Bangalore.
Upon inquiry, the girl, who is an orphan from Shivajinagar in Mysore, revealed that the main accused Tara had brought her to Mangalore on the pretext of providing her education.
However, instead of sending her to school, she made her work as a domestic help in the initial days, and later began pushing her into the sex trade. The girl was forcibly taken and made to stay in various lodges with the help of auto-rickshaw drivers.
For a period of six months, she was taken to various lodges in Suratkal, Padubidri and Brahmavar and was forced into prostitution.
Even in Bangalore when the girl worked at a hotel in Kumaraswamy Layout, the accused Deepa forced her to indulge into various illegal activities. She was found by the police when the hotel was raided, and was later sent to a remand home.
The police were thus able to gather vast information from the girl and made arrests based on the information.
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