The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against three Myanmar nationals in connection with a major international human trafficking case.
The case pertains to the illegal infiltration and trafficking of foreign nationals, primarily of Rohingya origin, into India across the India-Bangladesh border.
The charged accused have been identified as Rabi Islam, Shafi Alam and Mohammad Usman. All of them are permanent residents of Myanmar’s Maungdaw district.
As per NIA investigations, all the accused entered India illegally without valid travel documents with the assistance of traffickers and touts.
“They were also involved in facilitating the infiltration of numerous other foreign nationals through unauthorized and illegal border routes,” the NIA Chargesheet stated.
“Part of a well-organized network of traffickers and touts involved in various illegal activities, they were also engaged in luring vulnerable Rohingya women, who had taken refuge in Bangladesh, into India on the false promises of marriage to Rohingya men,’ it added.
The chargesheet further says that such women were then sold for forced marriages across various Indian States, including UP, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Haryana etc.
The NIA investigations also uncovered that accused Rabi Islam and Mohammad Usman had obtained Aadhaar cards fraudulently. The duo had also used these cards to procure multiple SIM cards and open bank accounts, further concealing their true identities.
With this chargesheet, the NIA, which started probing the case on November 7 2023, has taken a significant step towards uncovering and dismantling a major international human trafficking racket and network.
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