HYDERABAD: Chilling details of sex trafficking of Tollywood actresses to the United States + come with names of two best southern starlets. The reveal adopted the arrest of kingpin Kishan Modugumudi alias Sreeraj Chennupati and Chandrakala by US federal agents in Chicago. Sreeraj labored as a manufacturing manager in Tollywood before operating a flesh industry within the garb of Telugu meets in another country.
Sources in Tollywood stated of 5 trafficking sufferers discussed within the prison complaint at Homeland Security Investigations in United States district court docket of North District of Illinois Eastern Division, the 2 well-known actresses hail from Bengaluru and Chennai.
Starlet Sri Reddy, who hit headlines for fighting the casting sofa menace in Tollywood, informed the media on Friday that the NRI couple had approached her too. “Usually when artists fail to get gives, they pass to the United States and are lured into prostitution. Artists are paid over $1,000, relying on their popularity,” she stated.
Tollywood resources cite videos of the 2 actresses attending Telugu Association conferences in the United States during which considered one of them thanked Sreeraj for serving to her take part within the event in 2016. Sreeraj was additionally seen attending the event. Following the reveal, Movie Artists Association has decided to hold a meeting on June 24 to talk about the problem.
Read additionally: Sex trafficking of Tollywood actresses in US - How the racket was busted
Speaking to TOI, Movie Artistes Association president Shivaji Raja stated, “We are conscious about Kishan Modugumudi’s suspicious actions. He labored as a manufacturing manager and co-produced no less than two motion pictures. We were caution artists to not pass in another country for performances with those with dubious antecedents. Few years in the past, when I was vice-president, we noticed suspicious job. Usually, artists don't seem to be conscious about the visa type issued to them for attending conferences in United States, Dubai, Singapore or Australia. We are meeting on June 24 on the issue. We are soliciting for artists to inform MAA about performance schedules and attendance at occasions in another country in order that we will be able to communicate to organisers or associations and check credentials.”
In 2016, two actors Anasuya and Sampoornesh Babu criticised Sreeraj Chennupati for his alleged misbehaviour while extending an invite for a Telugu convention within the States.
Actor Anasuya informed TOI, “I haven’t visited the United States for a very long time. I attended an event with track composer Devisriprasad long ago in 2014. In 2016, Sreeraj contacted me from his American number, asking me to wait a Telugu association event. I was uncomfortable with the way he spoke. He was speaking about creating a commitment. I refused to wait the event. Despite my refusal, he put my picture on poster. I tweeted saying, I have nothing to with the event.”
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Sources in Tollywood stated of 5 trafficking sufferers discussed within the prison complaint at Homeland Security Investigations in United States district court docket of North District of Illinois Eastern Division, the 2 well-known actresses hail from Bengaluru and Chennai.
Starlet Sri Reddy, who hit headlines for fighting the casting sofa menace in Tollywood, informed the media on Friday that the NRI couple had approached her too. “Usually when artists fail to get gives, they pass to the United States and are lured into prostitution. Artists are paid over $1,000, relying on their popularity,” she stated.
Tollywood resources cite videos of the 2 actresses attending Telugu Association conferences in the United States during which considered one of them thanked Sreeraj for serving to her take part within the event in 2016. Sreeraj was additionally seen attending the event. Following the reveal, Movie Artists Association has decided to hold a meeting on June 24 to talk about the problem.
Read additionally: Sex trafficking of Tollywood actresses in US - How the racket was busted
Speaking to TOI, Movie Artistes Association president Shivaji Raja stated, “We are conscious about Kishan Modugumudi’s suspicious actions. He labored as a manufacturing manager and co-produced no less than two motion pictures. We were caution artists to not pass in another country for performances with those with dubious antecedents. Few years in the past, when I was vice-president, we noticed suspicious job. Usually, artists don't seem to be conscious about the visa type issued to them for attending conferences in United States, Dubai, Singapore or Australia. We are meeting on June 24 on the issue. We are soliciting for artists to inform MAA about performance schedules and attendance at occasions in another country in order that we will be able to communicate to organisers or associations and check credentials.”
In 2016, two actors Anasuya and Sampoornesh Babu criticised Sreeraj Chennupati for his alleged misbehaviour while extending an invite for a Telugu convention within the States.
Actor Anasuya informed TOI, “I haven’t visited the United States for a very long time. I attended an event with track composer Devisriprasad long ago in 2014. In 2016, Sreeraj contacted me from his American number, asking me to wait a Telugu association event. I was uncomfortable with the way he spoke. He was speaking about creating a commitment. I refused to wait the event. Despite my refusal, he put my picture on poster. I tweeted saying, I have nothing to with the event.”
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2 top Tollywood actors trapped in trafficking
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