Commission (NHRC) has sought a detailed reports from the Andhra Pradesh Government over the allegations of sexual exploitation of women by call money racket operators in the state.
"The Commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh to submit detailed reports on the contents of the mdeia reports and the allegations made in the complaint.
"They have also been directed to submit the report on the action taken on the complaints so far received and the action taken to prevent such call money racket cum sex racket within a period of two weeks," observed Justice D Murugesan, Member of NHRC.
The interest rate usually ranges from 120 per cent to 200 per cent. Alleged call money scam, busted in Vijayawada city, revealed that it was not only call money racket but also a sex racket exploiting women sexually who took the call money.
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The lender can demand return of the money over a call anytime and anywhere. Hundreds of women were threatened, coerced and dragged into flesh trade if they were unable to repay on time.
Reportedly, the gullible women in need of money for domestic purpose are targeted and exploited by using call money system.
The modus operandi used is to advance loan to women and housewives who are in dire need of money and when they fail to repay, the lenders would threaten them. As the harassment keeps increasing, the women become defenseless, the lenders exploit them sexually by sending suggestive messages on Whatsapp and finally break them by making them to surrender. In that process, the women were forced into flesh trade.