`Safe Hyderabad': Rachakonda police arrest 74 eve-teasers, register 77 cases in three months

Of the arrested eve-teasers, 55 are majors and 19 minors.

Eve-teasers were caught by Rachakonda SHE teams in decoy operations and through WhatsApp/SMUC complaints from different areas of Rachakonda. They were teasing girls at different locations including metro train/ junctions/ bus stops/working places and colleges in the Rachakonda area.

The eve-teasers attended the counseling session conducted by Rachakonda SHE teams at the Commissioner Camp office, Nagole, LB Nagar, along with their family members. They were counseled by professional counselors from the Bhumika Women's Collective, an NGO.

Police said the children in conflict with the law will also be counseled by a professional psychiatrist to bring change in their behavior.

Sample this: A 30-year-old woman working as a lecturer in a private college got acquainted with Mohammed Aslam, a resident of Manchal Mandal in Rangareddy, through Facebook.

After some time, they starting talking to each other and making video calls. One day, he proposed and promised to marry her. The girl too fell into his trap.

Police said during one of the video calls, he asked to pose nude. He recorded videos without her knowledge. Then he started blackmailing her. She gave Rs.10000 to him for deleting the pictures and videos.

The accused didn't delete the videos and continued to blackmail her. On her complaint, Meerpet police registered a case.

Rachakondo Commissioner of Police invoked the Prevention of Detention Act against him to control antisocial behavior.

There are other cases with similar modus operandi.

In the last three months, Rachakonda SHE teams stopped seven child marriages. They include three in Ibrahimpatnam, two in Kushaiguda, one each in LB Nagar and Malkajgiri.

A total of 89 child marriages were stopped by Rachakonda SHE Teams and rescued 89 minor girls at different places.