11 Bangladeshi nationals rescued by Maharashtra ATS
The Hindu
Nine of them were going for labour work while two young girls were being taken to work as sex workers.
City police and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) rescued 11 who were being trafficked to Gujarat as cheap labour and also for flesh trade, an official said here on Wednesday.
They had entered the country with fake documents and were travelling by Howrah-Ahmedabad train when, acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted checking at the Nagpur railway station, he said.
Nine of them were going for labour work while two young girls were being taken to work as sex workers, police said.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.