35 minor girls rescued from trafficking

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:50 [IST]

Nalgonda, Feb 20 (UNI) Police have rescued 35 minor girls, after arresting 15 members of an inter-state woman trafficking racket from Chandrapur in Maharashtra.

The rescued minors, including six from Maharashtra and one from Karnataka, were produced before Suryapet court, Superintendent of Police Ravindra Kadam said in a release here today.

While the seven arrested belonged to Warangal, three were from Nalgonda, two from Hyderabad and one each from Khammam, Guntur and Maharashtra.

Later, the arrested were remanded in judicial custody.

UNI

Topics: CRIME-AP-GIRLS-RESCUED

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