Hyderabad, Mar 8 (UNI) As many as 274 agents were arrested and 296 girls, including 79 minor girls were rescued from brothel houses in the past two months, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister K Jana Reddy informed the state Assembly today.
Replying to Mr Akbaruddin Owaisi and other AIMIM members special squads had been formed in Hyderabad, Eluru and Anatapur to curb trafficking in women and rescue women from brothel houses.
Assuring the members to convene an all party meet to tackle the problem, he pacified dissatisfied AIMIM members that he would provide more details on missing girls while replying to the debate on the police department.
The government had taken as a challenge the problem of women trafficking, and if needed law would be amended to award stringent punishment to brothel agents, he added.
The state had been sanctioned 28 'Sadar Units' to tackle the problem, he said.
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Replying to Mr Akbaruddin Owaisi and other AIMIM members special squads had been formed in Hyderabad, Eluru and Anatapur to curb trafficking in women and rescue women from brothel houses.
Assuring the members to convene an all party meet to tackle the problem, he pacified dissatisfied AIMIM members that he would provide more details on missing girls while replying to the debate on the police department.
The government had taken as a challenge the problem of women trafficking, and if needed law would be amended to award stringent punishment to brothel agents, he added.
The state had been sanctioned 28 'Sadar Units' to tackle the problem, he said.
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