Udupi : Manipal Station Inspector conducted a raid at Broadway Boarding and Lodging located at Eshwar Nagar in Manipal and arrested eight accused on September 16, Tuesday night.
The arrested are identified as Sachin Kumar AB alias Santosh Kotian (32), son of Shyam Poojary alias Ravikumar, a resident of Kunjal, Brahmavar; Jaffer Syed Khan (39), son of Syed Khan, resident of Swalat Colony Bhadravati; Shamshuddin (39), son of Abdul Khader from Nehru Nagar, Sagar, Shimoga district; N V Krishna Nair, son of T Krishnan from Eshwara Nagar Manipal; Bhoja, son of Mudura Devadiga from Paduvari in Udupi district; Anil Kumar, son of Sheenappa, native of Jaipur in Chikmagalur district and Siraj from Eshwara Nagara Manipal. Apart from them, two ladies from Bangalore and one from West Bengal were also arrested from the lodge.
Based on information received by Karkala sub-division assistant superintendent of police, Annamalai, the team of Manipal police conducted the raid and found immoral activities taking place.
Krishna Nair is said to be the owner of the lodge, while others are involved with running the brothel.
The officials also seized cell phones, a Maruti Omni van, cash, etc used for immoral activities.
A case has been registered at Manipal Police Station against the arrested under section 3, 4, 5A, 5C and 6 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.