Neighbors name and shame desis in US human trafficking case | India News – Times of India

HYDERABAD: Neighbors of a house in a Princeton, Texasstreet that is in the center of a supposed human trafficking racket run by people from Indian origin have put up a poster with photographs of four PIOs, three of whom are Telugu, urging residents to be wary of human traffickers and ‘forced labourers’ in their neighbourhoods.
The poster, which read, “Be careful neighbors! Human trafficking took place in OUR neighborhood on the 1000 block of Ginsburg Lane (sic)” and featured photos of the four accused — Santosh Katkoori, his wife Dwaraka Gunda, Chandan Dasireddy and Anil Male — was pasted on a wall in a public area on Ginsburg Lane, Princeton. Katkoori and Dwaraka live on Mattie Grey Lane in Melissa, while Male lives in the suburb of Prosper.

The neighbors also reproduced on the poster a press release from the Princeton Police Department about the suspects’ arrests. On July 8, the four were charged with human trafficking and a second-degree felony, and 15 women were rescued from the Ginsburg Lane home. Police are continuing their investigation, which began in March.
According to local media, citing the statement of probabilities filed in court, Katkoori, Gunda and Dasireddy are named as Indian citizens. However, there is no update on Male’s nationality.
According to the arrest warrant, a pest control company contacted Princeton police on March 13 after the technician, who went to the Ginsburg Lane home to check for bed bugs, noticed suspicious conditions inside the home. The technician told police he saw 15 women inside the home and that there were only folding tables, suitcases, and an air mattress. He told police there was no other furniture and that all of the women were sleeping on the floor.
Acting on the tip, officers came after obtaining a warrant to search the home. Police said the search led them to Katkoori’s home on Mattie Grey Lane in Melissa, 11 miles from Ginsburg Lane. At 3:01 p.m. on March 14, a judge granted police permission to search Katkoori’s Melissa home. Local media reported that Katkoori answered the door when police knocked and later referred his attorney, Jeremy Rosenthal, to the police.