Metro India News | Hyderabad

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 1.90 lakh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection with two cases of immoral trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals in and around Hyderabad.

ED initiated investigation on the basis of two FIRs registered by the Telangana Police and subsequently re-registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Hyderabad. Telangana police had conducted raids at two brothels on the outskirts of Hyderabad and busted an organized syndicate of prostitution and immoral trafficking, operated by Bangladeshi nationals, leading to registration of FIRs at Chatrinaka and Pahadishareef PS.

Investigation by the NIA, Hyderabad revealed that most of the arrested accused were Bangladeshi nationals, who had illegally entered India without valid travel documents. They had obtained fake/forged Indian identity documents and despite arrests in other FIRs, continued to engage in prostitution and illegal trafficking of Bangladeshi girls.

The victim girls were trafficked into India with the help of various agents active on the Indo-Bangladesh border, through illegal border crossings in West Bengal, on the false pretext of better paying jobs in beauty parlours, tailor shops, steel factories, housemaids and so on and later forced into flesh trade. The NIA Special Court awarded life imprisonment to all six accused in one of the FIRs.

The assets attached by ED are in the form of balance amounts in Paytm wallets and bank accounts as well as immovable property of one of the accused Ruhul Amin Dhali, who was revealed to be one of the most prominent agents involved in the illegal trafficking of Bangladeshi girls into India.