SRINAGAR: A total of 10 accused have been chargesheeted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the trafficking of a minor Bangladeshi girl from across the eastern border into Odisha.
In its chargesheet filed before its special court in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, the agency has charged the accused for luring the girl with the promise of employment and then pushing her into immoral trafficking to make money. The accused had taken advantage of her family’s poor financial condition to execute the trafficking operation, NIA found during investigation, which exposed a major human trafficking network.
Initially, the Odisha Police had filed two chargesheets in the POSCO court against six accused persons in the case. NIA, after taking over the probe, conducted searches in multiple locations in West Bengal and arrested two more accused. Examination of their social media accounts, and their financial transactions, led NIA to the arrest of another two of their associates.
The agency accordingly has filed a chargesheet against all the 10 accused under various sections of BNS 2023, The POCSO Act 2012 and The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956.
Further investigation in the case is continuing. (KNC)
