The National Investigation Agency of India has filed a charge sheet against thirteen Bangladeshi nationals in a case filed over allegations of human trafficking.
The agency submitted the charge sheet before a Special Court in Bengaluru of India on Monday as they found their involvement in trafficking women and children from Bangladesh after illegally crossing over to India, the Hindustan Times said in a report published on Monday.
“Rafik, Sobuj Shaik, Mohammed Rafikdul Islam Ridoy, Rakibul Islam, Mohammed Babu Molla, Mohammed Alami Hossein, Mohammed Dalim, Hossain Azim, Mohammed Jamal, Enamul Haque Shuzan, Mohammed Ruhul Amin, Riday Islam, and Mohammed Milon Biswas — all Bangladeshi nationals — have been charged with sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Foreigners Act, and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,” the report said.
“The case was registered in June in Bengaluru city against the accused based on a raid conducted by the police at a rented house where seven women and one child of Bangladeshi nationality were rescued from the custody of four human traffickers,” the Hindustan Times said in the report citing an NIA official.
“The NIA took over the case and found that the charge-sheeted accused had illegally crossed over to India from Bangladesh, the official of the premier investigation agency said. They were luring women from Bangladesh and trafficking them to India with the promise of jobs,” the report said.
According to the report, “The women were then confined in rented accommodations and subjected to sexual exploitation. The accused had also forged identity cards and used these forged documents as genuine to obtain Indian identity cards such as Aadhaar Card, PAN Card among others for themselves and their victims.”
The official informed the media that further investigation in this case continues.