Indian workers held captive and forced to build New Jersey temple, lawsuit claims

Hundreds of workers from India were allegedly lured to New Jersey and forced to work for just a few dollars a day to help build a massive Hindu temple, according to a lawsuit on Tuesday.

The federal suit, brought by the laborers, accuses the prominent Hindu sect known as Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, of human trafficking and wage law violations. The global organization is accused of bringing more than 200 low-caste men from India to the US by claiming they were religious volunteers.