Federal agents descended on the massive temple in Robbinsville, N.J., as a lawsuit claimed low-caste men had been lured from India to work for about $1 an hour.
Source: New York Times
Hindu Sect Is Accused of Using Forced Labor to Build N.J. Temple
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