Overview
- Union minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar alleged that gangs in the Old City lure and drug migrant Hindu minor girls and subject them to sexual exploitation.
- He cited an October 10 incident involving a girl from West Bengal who he said named nine others as similarly trapped, and he accused AIMIM of shielding offenders.
- He claimed local police closed cases without proper probes and demanded a special investigation under Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
- He announced BJP will organize ‘Rakshak’ protection teams in the Old City and warned of seeking deployment of central forces if the state fails to act.
- Charminar police rejected the allegations in the cited case, stating they found no evidence of sexual abuse and that a kidnapping case was registered because the girl is a minor; separately, Bandi raised alleged HCA selection corruption and was urged to seek a CBI probe.