Child trafficking gang busted, three children rescued in Krishna district

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Police producing the kid  accused earlier  the media successful  Machilipatnam connected  Friday.

Police producing the kid accused earlier the media successful Machilipatnam connected Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The Krishna territory constabulary busted a kid trafficking pack and arrested 3 people, including a woman. They rescued 2 girls and a lad from the accused.

“The pack allegedly kidnapped 2 girls a twelvemonth agone and the lad a period ago. They were sold distant to duck rearers successful Nandyal, wherever they were utilized arsenic labourers,” said Superintendent of Police V. Vidyasagar Naidu.

The constabulary registered cases connected charges of kidnap, wrongful confinement, trafficking, Section 79 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, the SP said.

Acting connected a missing idiosyncratic ailment lodged by the gramps of the boy, the Robertsonpet Police registered a lawsuit successful December past year.

Investigation revealed that the accused, indentified arsenic Kandula Edukondalu, his woman K. Lakshmi and T. Prasad, natives of Machilipatnam and Annavaram colony of Nandyal territory respectively, kidnapped the 2 girls and the boy.

“The modus operandi of the pack was to kidnap children and merchantability them distant to the duck tamers, who usage them arsenic labourers. Parents of the 2 girls are yet to beryllium traced,” the SP told The Hindu connected Friday.

“The children, belonging to ST community, are aged astir 10 years. Another accused successful the case, K. Srinadh, is absconding. Efforts are connected to apprehension him, the SP said.

The squad led by Machilipatnam DSP Ch. Raja and Robertsonpet Circle Inspector K. Yesu Babu made the arrests.

The lad was handed implicit to his parents and the girls were sent to a structure home, Mr. Vidyasagar Naidu said.

Published - January 12, 2026 07:02 p.m. IST

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