Nizamabad, February 25: The police here on Thursday busted a major sex racket which has national and international ramifications and arrested 25 persons including brothel runners, organisers and sex workers.
Disclosing details at a press conference on Thursday , Superintendent of Police K. Venkateswar Rao said the arrested included a Home Guard Venkatesh, working in the police department.
Two minor school girls were also taken into custody, but because of their minority, were not included in the list of offenders, he added.
The sex workers would be produced in the court and later sent to a rehabilitation centre.
The racket was busted at two centres at New Housing Board Colony in Three Town police station limits and near All India Radio station under the Fifth Town police station limits.
He complimented a news channel and the police circle inspectors N. Venkateswarlu and Somnatham for their contribution in busting the racket.
–Agencies