SOG team associated with Karnataka State Police have busted a human trafficking racket in Bengaluru. In this exercise, eight females suspected Bangladeshi nationals in a ladies PG Banaswadi along with two males who were Indian nationals.

The Indian nationals namely Anil, who is married to Pooja aka Pinky (Bangladeshi national) and she returned to Bangladesh in April 2021 along with one Kamal Hassan. The team had a brief questioning, both Anand and Anil as Sunil identified the photographs of one Manjunath as Vishwanath as Keshav (Mob no. 7338155287), kingpin of the prostitution / human trafficking racket in Bengaluru and Anil’s wife Pooja as Pinky. Manjunath is yet to be apprehended. Both Anil as Sunil and Anand admitted to have been running the racket under Manjunath as Vishwanath as Keshav. In the same operation, further more seven other females suspected Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended from Soumya PG, Bengaluru. In the investigation, it was found that the majority of those apprehended had Bangladeshi contact numbers saved on their mobile handsets and claimed to be natives of Kolkata, but possessed Aadhaar Cards issued from Mumbai and Gujarat. Identity documents of the apprehended proving their identity are with the jurisdictional Police.

Detailed questioning of the apprehended individuals is proposed to be undertaken.

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