Admin
17 September 2024
For the first time, the Enforcement Directorate( ED) has launched investigation into the money laundering connected with illegal entry of Bangladeshi residents into Jharkhand.
The ED’s investigation is based on the FIR ( No 188/2024), dated June 4-6, 2024, filed at Bariatu police station in Ranchi which has been taken into account as ‘Enforcement Case in- formation Report’.
ED sources say that they have reasons to enquire into the money laundering connected with human trafficking, prostitution and land grabbing on the basis of fake identity cards.
In fact,on the above dates,three Bangladeshi women were arrested in Ranchi for illegal entry into Jharkhand(India)using forged Aadhaar cards. Later they were granted bail by the court.
The court had ordered their release on a personal bond of 10,000 rupees each, with instructions to cooperate with the ongoing investigation and not to change their mobile numbers during this period.
The women had been detained after authorities discovered their use of counterfeit identification documents.
The case against the three women had unfolded when a Bangladeshi girl reached the Bariatu police station and informed the police that she had been brought to Ranchi from Bangladesh for prostitution.
Following her statement, the police recovered two other Bangladeshi girls. All three were subsequently sent to jail on June 5. A bail petition was filed on their behalf, and during the hearing, their advocate presented their case, leading to their release on bail.
Earlier Ranchi based Ranchi highlighted the pervasive issue of human trafficking. Three Bangladeshi girls and one from Bengal had allegedly managed to escape from traffickers at Bali Resort in Bariatu, where they were held captive and coerced into prostitution.
Despite the arrests, individuals named Jhuma, Manisha, and Hasi Akhtar remained at large, prompting continued police efforts to apprehend their accomplices.
These incidents underscored the urgent need for stringent enforcement and increased awareness to combat human trafficking and protect vulnerable individuals from exploitation.
Now, the ED has begun investigation into money laundering dimension of human trafficking and prostitution of Bangladeshi girls.
