Indian investigators discover devices used to ‘falsify documents’ for Bangladeshi human traffickers
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Indian counterterrorism group National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it carried out searches in Bengaluru of premises linked to a suspect involved in forging false identity documents for Bangladeshi human traffickers.
The raids were carried out at two locations on Saturday in connection with the human trafficking case involving Bangladeshi nationals.
“During the searches, various documents, six digital devices including hard drives and cell phones used to manufacture the false documents were seized,” the NIA said in a statement.
The case was registered in June at Ramamurthy Nagar police station in Bengaluru against 13 defendants. A subsequent raid by Karnataka State Police on a rented house resulted in the rescue of seven Bangladeshi women and a child.
All the survivors were previously trafficked from Bangladesh to India under the pretext of providing them with jobs. However, they were forced to prostitute themselves instead.
The NIA re-registered the case under articles of the IPC, the Aliens Act and the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act.
Further investigation into the matter is underway, the official said.
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