Sleuths from the Women and Narcotics Wing of the City Crime Branch raided a house in Annapoorneshwari Layout, J P Nagar 7th Phase and arrested two men on charges of running a prostitution racket. Two girls have also been arrested.
Sadashivaiah alias Raju, 27, a resident of Konanakunte Cross, and Krishna, 23, a resident of Kaggalipura, were running the prostitution racket with girls brought from West bengal and some north Indian states.
The arrested girls hail from West Bengal. The police have recovered Rs 2,700 and five mobile phones. A case has been registered at Subramanyapura police station.
2 held for selling gutka
The CCB raided two shops in Rajaratnam Market and arrested two brothers running two shops for selling gutka.
The arrested are Arun S N, 40 and S N Ananth, 50. They are residents of Basavanagudi. Police have seized 10,000 gutka packets of various brands worth Rs 16,000.
A case has been registered at City Market police station.
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