A 49-year-old man was arrested here Tuesday on charges of trafficking villagers by promising them jobs in Gulf countries where they were allegedly ill-treated and sexually exploited, police said.
Y Srinubabu, along with some other accused from Andhra Pradesh, was running the racket from Dubai that involved luring the villagers, mostly women, from East Godavari district, by assuring them of a better life abroad, the police said in a press release.
The victims were actually sold to manpower agencies in the Gulf where the workers were grossly exploited, the release said.
Based on a complaint from a woman victim here, Srinubabu was arrested while he was on a visit to his native place in East Godavari district to recruit villagers, it said.
Efforts were on to nab other absconding accused, the release added.
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