Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, May 16: Police personnel from Marathahalli station here have rescued a Telugu television actress who had been trapped in prostitution racket. They have also arrested an engineer on the charge of pushing the 20-year-old actress into flesh trade.

The actress from Telangana based in Hyderabad had been enticed into coming to the city by promising her a meaty role in Kannada tele-series. The police officers said that they got information that the lady was kept in a service apartment here and effort was being made to involve her with prostitution. They then raided the said service apartment and arrested the engineer stated above and the owner of the service apartment.

The young actress said that since about a year she had not been able to bag good roles in television serials. "I was waiting for a good opportunity and used to seek help from known people for cornering good roles. One of my friends asked me to come to the city by promising to bag good role in Kannada television. I came here by flight from Hyderabad on Friday evening. I was taken from the airport to a lodge in Koramangala. A person named Mark had promised to secure me a role in Kannada serial. He took me from the room at Koramangala to a service apartment in Marathahalli. Once there, I was asked to go to room No. 502, telling me that a meeting had been scheduled there," she stated.

In her statement, the actress said that when he was waiting for the meeting, a 24-year-old engineer came into the room. She said that by the time she realized what was happening, police personnel raided the room and rescued her.

The officials said that they had advance information about the efforts being made to trap the young lady, and that they had been monitoring movements of the concerned keenly. Service apartment manager. M V Swarup, and receptionist, Ammerulla (22) have been arrested on the charge of providing room for prostitution, the police personnel said. Amruthhalli police have registered a case.