Hyderabad: Miyapur police, along with the Special Operations Team (SOT) Shamshabad, busted an inter-state human trafficking gang operating from Hyderabad. They rescued two newborn infants on Wednesday.
Following specific intelligence, police teams arrested 11 accused from Miyapur and other parts of the city. The arrests came while the accused were attempting to sell the newborns illegally. An IVF agent figured among those taken into custody.
Police said the inter-state human trafficking gang targeted economically vulnerable families across several States. The accused persuaded parents to part with their newborns for money. Later, they sold the infants to affluent, childless couples for large sums through a structured network.
Officials said the prime accused included an IVF agent and a habitual offender involved in multiple cases across Cyberabad, Rachakonda, and Hyderabad. In this case, middlemen sourced one infant from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Another infant was sourced from Ramanpet in Siddipet district.
Inter-state human trafficking gang linked to multiple States
Police identified the accused as Vemula Babu Reddy of Kadapa, Venkipally Gangadhar Reddy of East Godavari, Daram Laxmi of Kothagudem, Ram Hari Roy from Bihar, Kummari Harsha Roy of Hyderabad, Sangeeta Debi of Hyderabad, Gudepu Sujatha of Kurnool, Suraboina Anuradha of Siddipet, Esarapu Jyothi of Nalgonda, V Madhavi of Hyderabad, and Pothula Sobha of Nagarkurnool.
Police handed over both rescued infants safely to Sishu Vihar at Ameerpet. Teams from SOT Cyberabad and Miyapur police conducted the operation under the supervision of Madhapur zone DCP Ritiraj, Shamshabad DCP B Rajesh, and Madhapur DCP (SOT) P Shobhan Kumar.
The Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, appreciated the police teams for their coordinated effort in busting the inter-state human trafficking gang. Additionally, the teams were praised for rescuing the newborns.