Hinduja Human Trafficking Trial Set for June as Family’s Arguments Rejected
- Staff worked up to 18 hour days, 7 days-a-week: prosecutor
- Hindujas say charges based on ‘fantasized’ version of events
Ajay Hinduja, left, arrives at court in Geneva in January.
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The trial of four members of the billionaire Hinduja family charged with human trafficking over the mistreatment of their domestic staff will proceed in June after judges rejected arguments from their lawyers that the the Swiss indictment against them was flawed.
Applications made by lawyers representing Ajay Hinduja, his wife Namrata, his father Prakash, and mother Kamal which were intended to stop or delay the trial from proceeding were rebuffed by presiding Judge Sabina Mascotto on Wednesday in Geneva.