Houston, Four Indian-Americans, including a woman, have been charged with allegedly running a human labor trafficking scheme from a home in the US state of Texas, according to a media report.
The Princeton Police Department released details of an investigation that led to the arrest of four people after 15 women were found inside the home as suspected victims of human trafficking, Fox4News.com said Monday night. .
Chandan Dasireddy, 24, Dwaraka Gunda, 31, Santhosh Katkoori, 31, and Anil Male, 37, all arrested in March, are now charged with human trafficking, a second-degree felony, and are being charged. More arrests are expected, the channel reported. citing the police.
Authorities discovered that all of the girls, who lived in the same house, were forced to sleep on the floor at a home on Ginsburg Lane in Collin County, Princeton. "There was basically no furniture inside the home at the center of human trafficking, just a bunch of electronics and blankets," police said.
Another news outlet, the McKinney Courier-Gazette, said Princeton Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence on March 13 for a welfare issue and a suspicious circumstance.
“After further investigation of the initial report, Princeton Police CID detectives obtained a search warrant for the home of Santhosh Katkoori, where 15 adult women were located. During the investigation, it was discovered that the women were forced to work for Katkoori and several programming shell companies owned by him and his wife, Dwaraka Gunda,” he said.
While the search warrant was being executed, multiple laptops, cell phones, printers, and fraudulent documents were seized. It was later determined that multiple locations within Princeton, Melissa and McKinney were involved in the forced labor of victims, including adult men, the portal said, adding that laptops, cell phones and additional documents were confiscated at the other locations.
The original concern was raised by a pest control company, who called about possible bed bugs. “Once inside, the inspector noticed that in each room there were between 3 and 5 young females sleeping on the floor. There were also large quantities of suitcases. “The company contacted the police,” Fox4News.com added.
The news portal cited Princeton Police Sergeant Carolyn Crawford, who said that more than 100 other people are involved, “more than half of them victims.”
However, she did not reveal what type of labor operation was taking place.
The Princeton Police Department released details of an investigation that led to the arrest of four people after 15 women were found inside the home as suspected victims of human trafficking, Fox4News.com said Monday night. .
Chandan Dasireddy, 24, Dwaraka Gunda, 31, Santhosh Katkoori, 31, and Anil Male, 37, all arrested in March, are now charged with human trafficking, a second-degree felony, and are being charged. More arrests are expected, the channel reported. citing the police.
Authorities discovered that all of the girls, who lived in the same house, were forced to sleep on the floor at a home on Ginsburg Lane in Collin County, Princeton. "There was basically no furniture inside the home at the center of human trafficking, just a bunch of electronics and blankets," police said.
Another news outlet, the McKinney Courier-Gazette, said Princeton Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence on March 13 for a welfare issue and a suspicious circumstance.
“After further investigation of the initial report, Princeton Police CID detectives obtained a search warrant for the home of Santhosh Katkoori, where 15 adult women were located. During the investigation, it was discovered that the women were forced to work for Katkoori and several programming shell companies owned by him and his wife, Dwaraka Gunda,” he said.
While the search warrant was being executed, multiple laptops, cell phones, printers, and fraudulent documents were seized. It was later determined that multiple locations within Princeton, Melissa and McKinney were involved in the forced labor of victims, including adult men, the portal said, adding that laptops, cell phones and additional documents were confiscated at the other locations.
The original concern was raised by a pest control company, who called about possible bed bugs. “Once inside, the inspector noticed that in each room there were between 3 and 5 young females sleeping on the floor. There were also large quantities of suitcases. “The company contacted the police,” Fox4News.com added.
The news portal cited Princeton Police Sergeant Carolyn Crawford, who said that more than 100 other people are involved, “more than half of them victims.”
However, she did not reveal what type of labor operation was taking place.
