Overview
- Police conducted a coordinated inspection of 113 spa centres in early June with support from the Special Operations Team and participation from 25 police stations under the supervision of Commissioner B. Sumathi and DCP K. Manohar.
- The drive found widespread regulatory breaches including operations without permissions, concealed partitioned rooms lacking transparent doors, missing display boards, failures to collect customer identity proofs and poor maintenance of customer and employee registers.
- As a result authorities registered 46 criminal cases against owners and managers and said the cases invoke provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and other applicable laws; investigations and legal action are ongoing and no convictions have been reported.
- Zone‑wise inspections led to case counts of 17 in LB Nagar from 47 spas checked, 11 in Uppal from 30 spas checked, seven in Malkajgiri Division‑I from 17 spas checked and 11 in Malkajgiri Division‑II from 19 spas checked.
- Police urged citizens to report suspicious spa activity and warned property owners to vet tenants, saying organisers may shift operations between Hyderabad commissionerates and that further special drives and coordinated action are planned.