NIA court sentences six to life imprisonment for trafficking of Bangladeshi girls

New Delhi, 7/11: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court at Hyderabad has sentenced to life imprisonment all the six accused in a 2019 human trafficking case of Bangladeshi girls who were forced into prostitution after being smuggled into India.

The accused, identified as Mohd Yousuf Khan, his wife Bithi Begum, Sojib, Ruhul Amin Dhali, Mohammed Abdul Salam alias Kounla Justin and Sheela Justin alias Shiuli Khatun, have been found guilty under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, 1986, according to a statement issued by the NIA on Thursday.