NIA files chargesheet against thirteen Bangladeshis in human trafficking case of Bengaluru
New Delhi, September 6
The NIA filed chargesheet in special NIA Court at Bengaluru in Karnataka innthe human trafficking case where 13 persons were held.
The accused were identified as Rafik, Sobuj Shaik, Md. Rafikdul Islam Ridoy, Rakibul Islam, Md Babu Molla, Mohammad Anwar Shaikh, Md Alami Hossen, Md Dalim, Hossain MD Azim, Mohammed Jamal, Enamul Haque Shuzan, Raihan Ghazi, Md. Ruhul Amin, Riday Islam and Mohammed Milon Biswas all Bangladeshi nationals under sections 120B r/w 370, 120B r/w 370A (2), 343, 465, 468, 471 of IPC, sections 14A (b) and 14C of the Foreigners Act, 1946 sections 3, 4, 5 & 6 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.
The case was originally registered on June 8 under sections 370, 343 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and sections 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 at Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru city, against 13 accused persons based on a raid conducted by Police team of Ramamurthy Nagar police station at a rented house at K Channasandra, Bengaluru, where seven women and one child of Bangladeshi Nationality were rescued from the custody of four human traffickers. The NIA had re-registered the case as on June 13.
The NIA investigation has revealed that above thirteen chargesheeted accused persons had illegally crossed over to India from Bangladesh. They were luring women from Bangladesh and trafficking them to India with promise of jobs. The women were then confined in rented accommodations and subjected to sexual exploitation.
The accused persons had also forged identity cards and used these forged documents as genuine to obtain Indian identity cards such as Aadhar Card, PAN Card etc., for themselves and their victims, officials added.
The NIA is further investigating the case.
