NEW DELHI: A total of 10 accused have been chargesheeted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the trafficking of a minor Bangladeshi girl from across the eastern border into Odisha, said the agency in a statement.

In its chargesheet filed before its special court in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, the agency has charged the accused for luring the girl with the promise of employment and then pushing her into immoral trafficking to make money. The accused had taken advantage of her family’s poor financial condition to execute the trafficking operation, NIA found during the investigation, which exposed a major human trafficking network.

Initially, the Odisha Police had filed two chargesheets in the POSCO court against six accused persons in the case. NIA, after taking over the

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