The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets worth ₹1.90 lakh in connection with two cases of immoral trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals in and around Hyderabad. The ED launched its investigation under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, based on two FIRs registered by the Telangana Police, which were later taken up by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Hyderabad.
The Telangana Police had conducted raids at two brothels on the outskirts of Hyderabad, uncovering an organised prostitution and human trafficking syndicate operated by Bangladeshi nationals. These raids led to the registration of FIRs at Chatrinaka and Pahadi Shareef police stations. According to the NIA’s findings, most of the arrested accused were Bangladeshi nationals who had illegally entered India without valid travel documents.
They had acquired fake Indian identity documents and, despite previous arrests in similar cases , continued their involvement in prostitution and illegal trafficking . The victims, Bangladeshi girls, were lured into India by agents operating along the Indo-Bangladesh border, who promised them well-paying jobs in beauty parlours, tailor shops, steel factories, and as domestic workers. However, upon arrival, they were forced into the flesh trade.
Following the investigation and chargesheet filed by the predicate agency, the NIA Special Court sentenced all six accused in one o.
