Mumbai: Tollywood
actress Shweta Basu Prasad was arrested on Sunday, August 31 for being involved
in a high profile prostitution racket. The actress was caught red-handed, when
the Hyderabad Police raided a famous hotel at Banjara Hills, according to
reports.
Shweta shot
to fame in 2002 when she won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for
her role in the film ‘Makdee’. After which she featured in several TV serials
and also worked in a few Bollywood films. Later she took forward her acting
career to Telugu films.
The police also arrested several
well-known businessmen from metro cities along with the actress, who later
released a statement admitting that she was out of money, and had no other way
to support her family. This isn’t the first time the actress was caught in a
sticky situation. Previous reports stated that Shweta was caught in a
compromising position during a sting operation.
Shweta in
her statement said, “I have made wrong choices in my career, and I was out of
money. I had to support my family and some other good causes. All the doors
were closed, and some people encouraged me to get into prostitution to earn
money. I was helpless, and with no option left to choose, I got involved in
this act. I’m not the only one who faced this problem, and there are several
other heroines who have gone through this phase.”