Hyderabad: Two personnel from the cyber crime police were injured and three vehicles damaged when some persons suspected to be running an online sex racket ran over them during a decoy operation on Friday.
Sub-inspector Madan Kumar and constable Maheshwar Reddy were part of an undercover team deployed to nab the suspects in Madhapur. When the organisers realised that they were being arrested, they drove their vehicle over the police personnel.
Other members of the police team nabbed four persons, identified as Ayesha Begum, Upender Kumar, Anish Kumar Yadav and Imran Mustafa Shaikh. Police said three mobiles seized from them contained the pictures of sex workers. Kingpin Saleem, Ayesha’s husband, and one Totu are at large.
Briefing the media, additional DCP, CCS, Vijender Reddy said the marketing Intelligence unit while verifying online commercials came across a suspicious ad inviting customers seeking female escorts in Hyderabad through a website.
The MIU launched a decoy operation and contacted the numbers mentioned on the website and were directed to another number. They were sent the picture of a girl and quoted Rs 25000 per night as the price. They were asked to go to Madhapur.
“After reaching the spot in Madhapur, two persons approached the decoy team in a car and asked them for identity proof. When cops tried to nab them, they drove the car at high speed injuring two cops.” he said.
Another car and two two-wheelers were also damaged as they gang tried to escape. They were however stranded at a traffic signal, where passers-by intercepted them and handed them over to the police.
