ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. - Workers from marginalized communities in India were lured to the U.S. and forced to work long hours for just a few dollars per day to help build a Hindu temple in New Jersey, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.An FBI spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that agents were at the temple on "court-authorized law enforcement activity."The lawsuit filed in federal court accuses the leaders of the Hindu organization known as Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, of human trafficking and wage law violations.The lawsuit says more than 200 workers — many or all of whom don't speak or understand English — were coerced into signing employment agreements in India to work at the Hindu temple in Robbinsville,.

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