Bangladeshi woman held for prostitution, drug peddling in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The EAGLE Force, along with Raidurgam police of the Cyberabad Commissionerate, arrested a 30-year-old Bangladeshi national allegedly involved in prostitution and synthetic drug peddling during a raid on a house at Pochamma Basthi in Shaikpet. Her live-in partner, a 35-year-old software employee, was also apprehended. The police seized one gram of synthetic drug and two mobile phones.

The woman, originally from Dhaka, had been visiting India since December 2021. According to officials, after losing her garment industry job during the Covid pandemic, she came to India on a tourist visa in search of employment but was allegedly lured into prostitution by a broker through Facebook.

She subsequently worked through a network of brokers operating from different cities and travelled to Nagpur, Kanpur, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Goa and Mumbai. She reportedly earned around Rs.75,000 per month.

Officials said she later became addicted to synthetic drugs and established contact with Akash, a supplier from Goa, who allegedly delivered drugs through dead drops. She subsequently began supplying drugs to her customers and acquaintances.

The EAGLE Force acted on information that she had returned from Goa with drugs. A case was registered at Raidurgam police station. Akash is absconding, and further investigation is underway.