Overview
- Police in Bengaluru arrested four women and rescued four victims after coordinated raids at three rented houses tied to an alleged sex‑trafficking network.
- The Central Crime Branch Women Protection Squad led the operation using specific tips gathered over several days.
- Raids targeted Manuvana, Ramaswamipalya Main Road near the Karumariyamma Temple, and Andrahalli Main Road in Veerabhadreshwara Nagar.
- Investigators say recruiters lured women with fake job offers, kept them in paying‑guest rooms, and forced them into sex work while arranging clients by phone.
- Cases were filed at the Vijayanagar, Banaswadi, and Byadarahalli stations and a court ordered judicial custody, as police examine claims the group rotates bases every few months and signal more arrests are likely.