4 Indian-origin persons arrested in Texas for human trafficking

More arrests expected in the case that came to light after a dozen women were found sleeping on the floor

Four persons of Indian origin have been charged with allegedly running a ‘forced labor’ scheme out of Collin County, in Princeton, Texas.

Chandan Dasireddy, 24, Santhosh Katkoori, 31, Dwaraka Gunda, 31, and Anil Male, 37, were arrested after the authorities found more than a dozen women living in the same house, sleeping on the floor, Fox 4 News reported.

More arrests are expected. For now, all four have been charged with trafficking of persons. Police say there was basically no furniture inside the home at the center of human trafficking, just a bunch of computer electronics and blankets.

The Princeton Police Department is now releasing details of an investigation that led to four people being arrested in March after 15 women were found inside the home as alleged victims of human labor trafficking.

According to an affidavit, a pest control company was called to a home on Ginsburg Lane for possible bed bugs. Once inside, the inspector noticed that “each room… had 3-5 young females sleeping on the floors.” There were also “large amounts of suitcases.” The company contacted the police.

Princeton Police Sgt. Carolyn Crawford would not reveal what type of labor operation was happening, but she says dozens of more people are involved.
“I can probably say over 100. Easily,” she said. Of those 100 people, more than half are victims, according to the sergeant.

Princeton Police Chief James Waters says his team has been working leads with federal investigators for several months.
“How we came across this situation was very unique,” he said. “They would unravel just a multitude of other clues and a multitude of other scenes that was going out there.”

Police also say addresses in McKinney, Melissa and other cities were allegedly involved in the forced labor operation.