Hyderabad: The SOT raids on Madhapur spas has exposed the sex business going on under the cover of massage parlours. Police arrested the kingpin who ran the racket by procuring women from Thailand. Most of the victims who hailed from Thailand, the north east and other states were duped with promises of a good job.
The arrested man, Dasari Siddartha, 32, is the owner of Tripad Vernus & Healing Services Pvt. Ltd, on Road No. 12, Banjara Hills. He procures teenaged girls from Thailand through a Thai woman named Kake. Kake brings girls from Thailand offering employment in massage parlours.
Once the girls reach Hyderabad, Siddartha takes their passports and deploys them in his spas and massage parlours, said Hyderabad police commissioner M. Mahender Reddy.
His accomplices, Sarfaraz Ali, Vinay, Ajay and others were assisting him. “Most of these parlours have prostitution rings. The owners were flushing or throwing condoms outside. They were collecting as much as Rs 9,000 from a customer. The spa also collects Rs 1 lakh for permanent membership and many have 300 to 500 members. As per licensing conditions they should have transparent glass doors without latch, CCTV cameras, register of customers and for cross gender massages the preference of the customer should be recorded along with his address and mobile number. But the spas failed to comply with these. The Thai girls came on business visa,” added Mr Reddy.
