The suit was filed the same day that FBI agents were reported on the grounds of the temple, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
Doreen Holder, a spokesperson with the FBI’s Newark field office, confirmed the agents’ presence to CNN on Tuesday evening, saying only that the FBI was on scene “on court-authorized law enforcement activity.”
In addition to the named plaintiffs, the suit — which was filed in federal court in the District of New Jersey — seeks recognition as a class with some 200 other Indian nationals who have worked at the temple.
The suit alleges the…
