UK charges 4 Indians with trafficking Hyderabad woman

Scotland Yard on Friday charged four Indian citizens and two Ghana citizens of Indian-origin, all based in London, for allegedly trafficking a woman from Hyderabad for sex.

The four Indians are: Aleemuddin Mohammed (34, supermarket manager from Harrow), Shamina Yousuf (32, secretary from Edgware), Shanaz Begum (56, shopworker from St John’s Wood), and Enkata Balapovi, (56, butcher from St John’s Wood).

The two Indian-origin Ghana nationals are Shashi Kala Obhrai (53, optician from Northwood) and Balram Kumar Obhrai (58, computer entrepreneur from Northwood).

A Scotland Yard spokesperson said: “The Obhrais are husband and wife and are Ghanaian nationals.

“Mohammed and Yousuf are ex-husband and wife and are Indian nationals. Begum and Balapovi are husband and wife and are Indian nationals. Begum is the mother of Mohammed,” he added.

-PTI