Police Commissioner Kanthi Rana Tata addressing the press convention in Vijayawada on Saturday.
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The NTR district police have cracked the whip on spas, therapeutic massage centres and parlours, which had been discovered to be running flesh commerce in 2023.
“As many as 200 spas, massage centres and parlours, which were found to be organising prostitution, have been closed down in Vijayawada in 2023. Instructions have been given to keep a vigil on the activities of other spas and massage centres running under the Commisionerate limits,” stated Police Commissioner Kranthi Rana Tata.
Giving the particulars of the instances registered underneath the NTR Police Commissionerate, at a press convention on Friday, Mr. Kanthi Rana stated, “Raids were conducted on spas and massage centres. The police seized the mobile phones of the organisers and customers who were found to be indulging on flesh trade, and the victims were rescued,” he stated.
The modus operandi of the accused was to draw clients over telephone calls and on-line web sites. The victims belonged to Delhi, Hyderabad, Noida, Gurgaon and different locations had been, the Police Commissioner stated.
“In all, 12,380 cases have been registered this year, as against 15,329 cases last year, in the NTR Police Commissionerate. As many as 697 persons involved in ganja smuggling and peddling were arrested, and 1,400 kgs of ganja, worth about ₹58.80 lakh has been confiscated,” Mr. Kanthi Rana stated.
In the yr 2023, police opened new rowdy, historical past and suspect sheets towards 79 criminals. PD Act was invoked towards 10 rowdy and historical past sheeters and 35 criminals had been externed from the Commissionerate limits.
This yr, the police booked 770 instances of crime towards girls and kids in comparison with 911 instances final yr. This yr, 76 instances have been registered underneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PCOSO) Act, 2012, as in comparison with the 79 instances booked in the earlier yr, the Police Commissioner defined.
The police registered 156 cyber crime instances, 5 NDPS Act instances, 85 kidnaps, 29 murders, 42 makes an attempt to homicide, 482 instances of outraging of modesty, 1,056 instances underneath dowry harassment, Mr. Kanthi Rana stated.
“Police arrested about 2,000 persons on drunken driving charges, and the courts awarded seven to 15 days imprisonment to 389 accused. About 430 minors were given counselling for driving vehicles, and 31,000 triple riding cases have been registered,” the Police Commissioner stated and appealed to the dad and mom to not give bikes and vehicles to minors. There are over 4,000 CCTV cameras in and round Vijayawada, and if anybody resorts to drunken driving or rash driving, the police will e book instances primarily based on the CCTV footage, he warned.
Deputy Commissioners of Police Vishal Gunni and Ajita Vajendla and different police officers had been current.