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Two youths from Bangladesh, who allegedly escaped from their leader pursuing harassment and exploitation, were rescued by a city-based NGO and handed implicit to the K.R. Puram constabulary connected Sunday.
The duo, identified arsenic Albir, 24, and Sakib, 25, reportedly confessed that they had entered Bengaluru illegally to enactment arsenic rag pickers but were aboriginal forced into assorted amerciable activities, including temple thefts and different amerciable activities. Following a preliminary inquiry, they were handed implicit to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), portion the lawsuit has been transferred to the Hulimavu constabulary for elaborate investigation.
According to their statements, the 2 were brought illegally from Bangladesh done porous borderline routes astir 12 years agone with promises of employment and decent wages. However, soon aft arriving successful Bengaluru, they were allegedly forced into transgression activities by their employer.
After escaping from a labour shed, the duo reached K.R. Puram, wherever they met Faiz Akram Pasha, a Bengaluru-based societal worker, adjacent a roadside beverage shop. Pasha and his associates reportedly recorded their statements and aboriginal produced them earlier the K.R. Puram police.
The victims alleged that they, on with astir 70 others, were confined successful a labour shed located successful Basavapura connected Bannerghatta Road and perpetually monitored by handlers. They claimed the radical was forced to perpetrate thefts, peculiarly targeting temples, too being progressive successful cause peddling and different amerciable activities.
Albir further alleged that helium was assaulted erstwhile helium resisted the activities and suffered a fractured limb owed to the abuse. The duo besides claimed that women and girls from Bangladesh, Kolkata and Odisha were trafficked and forced into prostitution.
In their statement, the 2 admitted to precocious committing theft astatine a temple successful Bannerghatta nether unit from the handlers.
They further accused their alleged employer, identified arsenic Yameen, of moving an organised racket involving trafficking and the merchantability of insignificant children. The duo besides alleged that the accused had power successful section circles and maintained contacts with definite constabulary unit done bribery.
“We privation to instrumentality to our autochthonal spot and petition the constabulary to rescue others who are inactive being detained,” the victims reportedly told investigators. The Hulimavu constabulary person taken up the lawsuit and initiated further investigation.
