Flesh trade racket busted

HYDERABAD: Task Force sleuths raided an apartment at Humayunnagar and busted a flesh trade racket.They nabbed a woman organiser and rescued two women from her clutches.On information, the West Zone Task Force sleuths raided flat number 203 in Al Asgar Apartments in First Lancer.Police said the accused woman was a resident of Malakpet.She lost her husband more than 10 years back in a road accident at Nizamabad.Finding it hard to run the family, she, recently, took Rs 2 lakh debt but could not pay even the interest.The accused’s friend, Ruby, a gym coach advised her to run flesh trade to earn easy money.Accordingly, the accused rented a flat in the apartment and began running prostitution business in the name of ‘Herbal Life’ - a fitness centre.“The accused also procured two women from a lady, Shanti, at Jubilee Hills.She has been contacting people on phone and running the flesh trade,’’ an official release said on Tuesday.The accused was handed over to Humayunnagar police for further action.