Four people, including three women held for running prostitution racket in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Four people, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket in spas and a house in the city, police said on Tuesday.
In the same operation carried out by the Women Protection Wing of the Bengaluru Police's Central Crime Branch (CCB), six women who were allegedly forced into prostitution by the accused were also rescued, they said.
According to police, Based on credible information received from informants on various dates, officers and staff of the CCB's Women Protection Wing learned that prostitution activities were being conducted by keeping women in spas located Marathahalli area, near Sunkadakatte as well as in a house in Manjunatha Nagar in the city.
Following this, raids were conducted at the identified locations on different dates during which, six women who were allegedly forced/induced into prostitution by the accused were rescued, the Bengaluru Police said in a statement.
Subsequently, the four persons, including three women who had forced/induced the victims into prostitution, were taken into custody, it said.
During interrogation, the accused confessed that they used to contact men seeking prostitution services over the phone and invite them to spas and a house here, where the illegal activities were carried out for monetary gain, police said.
Cases have been registered against the accused at HAL, Byadarahalli, and Bagalagunte Police Stations in this regard, they said.
All the four accused were produced before the Court on different dates, following which they have been remanded to judicial custody, they added.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
