Hyderabad Court Sentences 9, Including 8 Bangladeshis, to Life in Trafficking Case
The court also imposed a total fine of Rs 1,37,000 after finding the group guilty of trafficking Bangladeshi women into India for prostitution.
- On Thursday, September 17, 2026, a special National Investigation Agency court in Hyderabad sentenced nine individuals to life imprisonment for human trafficking, including eight Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian citizen.
- Traffickers lured vulnerable Bangladeshis to India with false promises of lucrative employment and decent wages, then forced victims into prostitution until local authorities rescued them from multiple locations in 2019.
- Prosecutions proceeded under the Indian Penal Code , the Foreigners Act, and the Immoral Traffic Act, with the court imposing a total fine of ₹1.37 lakh and three months' simple imprisonment for non-payment.
- Convicts include Ruhul Amin Dhali, Mohd Yousuf Khan, Bithi Begum, Imamul Ghazi, Mohammed Al Mamun, Sojib Shaik, Suresh Kumar Das, Mohd Abdulla Munshi, and Mohd Ayub Shaik, arrested across West Bengal and Telangana during 2019 and 2020.
- This ruling resolves a seven-year-old investigation originally registered by Telangana Police in 2019, with the NIA taking over on October 12, 2019, and filing a chargesheet in 2020 to bring the trafficking network to justice.
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Hyderabad NIA Court sentences 9, including 8 Bangladeshis, to life imprisonment in human trafficking case
The Special Court for NIA Cases at Hyderabad has sentenced nine accused, including eight Bangladeshi nationals, to life imprisonment in a 2019 human trafficking case involving the trafficking of Bangladeshi women into India and forcing them into prostitution. The court, in its order passed on September 17, 2026, also imposed a total fine of Rs 1,37,000 on the convicted accused. The court further ordered three months’ simple imprisonment in defau…
The Hyderabad NIA Special Court has sentenced nine people to life imprisonment in a human trafficking case. Eight of them are Bangladeshi nationals. The women were lured to India with the promise of jobs and forced into prostitution. Read the full story.
NIA court sentences eight Bangladeshis to life imprisonment
New Delhi: Eight Bangladeshis were among nine people sentenced to life imprisonment by a NIA court in Hyderabad in a 2019 human trafficking case involving Bangladeshi women, officials said on Friday, September 18. The court on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 1.37 lakh on the convicts, with a further sentence of three-month simple … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on Wh…
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