New Delhi:India's anti-terror organization, National Investigation Agency, suspects that victims of human trafficking might be involved in anti-national activities. The situation has become more serious following the involvement of people from across the border in this shady trade of human trafficking. "Human trafficking is a challenge for us. It has several other dimensions where the victims might be involved in anti-national activities," said a senior official from NIA to ETV Bharat in New Delhi.
The NIA has recently filed charge sheet against 13 Bangladeshi nationals for their involvement in trafficking women and children from the neighbouring country after illegally crossing over to India. "The modus operandi of the human traffickers is that they lure women from Bangladesh and trafficking them to India with the promise of jobs," the official said. "We are exploring the option of their involvement in anti-national activities," the official said.
Following an amendment in the Parliament, the NIA has been entrusted to investigate offenses related to human trafficking, counterfeit currency, manufacture or sale of prohibited arms, cyber terrorism and offenses under the Explosive Substances Act, 1908. The NIA suspects that forces inimical to India's security might involve the human traffickers too for creating turmoil in different parts of the country.
"Accordingly, we keep informing the intelligence agencies about such nefarious activities," the official said.