A 21-year-old security guard was arrested for alleged rape for misbehaving with a nine-year-old girl who was alone at her home in Kokapet, Narsingi police said. Sources alleged that the guard had flashed at the girl. After her parent’s returned, the girl informed them of what happened and the parents lodged a complaint with the police.

Later, the accused, hailing from Assam, was arrested. Rajendranagar DCP Ch Srinivas said, “The girl was not raped, but under the new laws the sections dealing with rape were applied. He misbehaved with her.

” The Gachibowli police and the Anti-Human Trafficking team busted a human trafficking racket in Kondapur and rescued 17 women belonging to different nationalities, 14 of them from Kenya, two from Uganda and one from Tanzania. The women were sent to a rescue home after receiving an order from the court. Police identified the accused as Shiva Kumar, who was running the racked from his apartment in Kondapur.

Police said Kumar was connected to foreign traffickers, through whom he got the victims to the city, He was uploading profiles of these victims on a website. The accused, along with two other customers, was arrested. Four mobile phones through which they were running this business, Rs 20,000 net cash and other paraphernalia were seized.

A court sent Shiva to judicial remand. A man was arrested for allegedly killing his 64-year-old mother reportedly as she refused to sell their house and give him money, Jeedimetla police said on Thursd.