4 Bangla men sentenced to 3-yr RI

Bengaluru: A special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bengaluru Wednesday convicted and sentenced four Bangladeshi nationals in a transnational human trafficking case. The convicts are Zakir Khan, Badal Houladar, Kabir Talukdar and Mohammed Bachchu Gharami.

They were sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 20,000 each under provisions of Foreigners Act and Passports (Entry into India) Act.The convicts pleaded guilty of illegally entering India from Bangladesh via Benapole, Jashore and Akhaura border points. They fraudulently obtained Indian identity documents and were operating a waste-segregation business in Bellandur.