Telangana News

Gangster Nayeem case is taking a new turn everyday and this time, it is child trafficking. Yes, the Special Investigation Team has begun a separate investigation to determine if Nayeemuddin and his gang were involved in human trafficking.

During the officials raids at a house in Shadnagar and two houses in Cyberabad area, police found 17 children, including four adolescent girls. “They are all Nayeem’s distant relatives and relatives of relatives from extremely poor families of Nalgonda district. They were living in the three houses and were being taken care of by domestic helps and cooks. Although they are related to Nayeemuddin, we will investigate if there was any trafficking and sexual abuse of the children,’’ SIT chief Y Nagi Reddy said.

All the 17 children, among whom there are 1 month child to 17 years girls, have been taken to District Child Welfare Homes, for conducting the counseling by members of Child Welfare Committees of Mahbubnagar and Ranga Reddy districts.

“The children are scared and unable to accept that Nayeemuddin is dead. They are in trauma. We are not ruling out sexual abuse,” an official who conducted the counselling said.