US, UK, Canada embassies contacted in human trafficking probe

New Delhi: Delhi Police Tuesday contacted the embassies of the US and Canada as well as the British high commission here to find out details on those who have travelled abroad through the international human trafficking racket allegedly involving several MPs.
'We have contacted the embassies and high commissions of these countries through the ministry of external affairs to extend the probe further,' Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
'Efforts are on to ascertain the identities of the persons who travelled to foreign countries through this racket,' he added.
The racket came to light Wednesday when police arrested Babubhai Katara, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Gujarat, when he was trying to smuggle out a woman and a teenager boy to Toronto.
Police suspected that apart from Katara, the four MPs named by his associates who were arrested Saturday, could also have taken many people abroad by using the diplomatic passport issued to them.
24/04/07 IANS/India eNews.com

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