Date:04/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/04/stories/2009010451490300.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Khammam

One more girl rescued

Staff Reporter

KHAMMAM: A police party led by the probationary DSP, G. Janaki Sharmila on Saturday freed a girl from forced prostitution by arresting three persons, including a woman and her son, on the charge of running a brothel and indulging in trafficking.

Disclosing this at a press conference, Khammam DSP P. Rameshaiah said the girl was rescued when she was being handed over to another person at a lodge in the town.

The accused, including the 52-year-old Velpula Jayamma and her son, both of Gollagudem village, were arrested on the spot.

Two girls, including the one who was freed in the day, were in the captivity of the accused for quite some time.

Three mobile phones, an auto rickshaw and a motor cycle were seized from the accused.