Chennai: The police received confidential information that some of the women who are looking for work in Chennai and innocent young women who come to Chennai city to earn money by taking them and forcing them to engage in prostitution by promising to get jobs in private companies with good salary. Based on this, the police swung into action to arrest the men. Following this, the police of Virugambakkam Police Station conducted a covert surveillance of a house in Thillaiyadi Valliammai Street, Saligramam Shanti Colony. At that time, it was confirmed that a woman was locked up and engaged in sex work.
After this, the police officers conducted searches at the house. Karthikeyan (46) from Madurai and Benedik Nelson (53) from Tirunelveli were arrested for engaging in sex work with women there. A woman who had been engaged in sex work was rescued there. Also 3 cell phones were seized from them. Similarly, the police got tip-off that similar prostitution was going on in a house on Thiruvenkatasamy Street. Based on that, the police took action and arrested 3 women namely Shanti (50) from the same area, Devi (38) from Ekkattuthangal and Sita Devi (34) from Nesappakkam area.
