Mangaluru, July 14 -- In a breakthrough following the detention of 11 illegal Bangladeshi nationals, the Mangaluru City Police have registered a case against three alleged middlemen from West Bengal for operating a human trafficking network that facilitated the entry of illegal Bangladeshi migrants into the city's workforce.

The accused have been identified as Moidin Islam, Rasul Islam and Dilwar Hussain, all residents of West Bengal.

According to Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy, two of the accused, Islam and Hussain, have been arrested within Mangaluru city limits.

The third accused, Rasul Islam, was tracked in Kolkata through coordination between the Mangaluru Police and the Kolkata Police.

"Our Deputy Commiss...