NIA carries out raids in 10 states; 44 held

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday raided over four dozen locations across 10 states and arrested 44 people as part of its probe into a human trafficking syndicate involved in the infiltration, and settlement, of Rohingya in India through the Indo-Bangladesh border, officials said.

- Neeraj Chauhan

HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE - ROHINGYA INFILTRATION

The anti-terror probe agency took over the probe into the alleged extensive human trafficking network on the directions of Union home Amit Shah after Assam unearthed a racket in February this year. It has registered four cases to probe an alleged larger nexus and is likely to seek help from Bangladeshi authorities to identify middlemen and key players on the other side, the officials, who did not wish to be identified, said.