Rescued from captivity in India, 57 Nepalis return home with tales of abuse and deception

Trafficked on promises of well-paid jobs, survivors say they were confined, starved and forced to lure others.

Man Bahadur BK, 13, left his home in Kailali, hoping to ease his family’s hardship. With both parents ill and no source of income, he mortgaged his land to borrow Rs40,000 after a neighbour promised him a job in India’s Rudrapur, for which 23,000 Indian rupees was required upfront.