Human traffickers nabbed at Delhi airport

Delhi: Police at the Capital's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport have arrested two persons on charges of human trafficking. The incident came to light on May 8 when a person named Raj Kumar, a resident of Punjab was intending to go Poland and Italy (passport no. E-8012072) from Delhi airport.
On checking his passport immigration officers found that the POE stamp affixed on page No.32 was seems to be doubtful. The passport was seized by the immigration officials and sent for verification.
"After verification, the passport was found to be forged and a case was registered in IGI Airport, New Delhi. On July 4, the accused Raj Kumar was arrested. During investigations Rajkumar disclosed that his journey/POE stamp was arranged by an agent named Rakesh Kumar, resident of Uttam Nagar area of west Delhi against the payment of Rs. 5.50 lakh, out of which Rs. 3.20 lakh was given to the agent and the rest of the amount was to be paid, when the person reached Poland and Italy," said an airport police official.
"On July 4 the agent Rakesh Kumar was arrested from Uttam Nagar and investigations followed. Rakesh Kumar disclosed that he had arranged a POE stamp through another agent Satish Kumar and his associate Anil Dhawan, both residents of Patel Nagar in Delhi. On July 5 Satish Kumar was also arrested.
Both the accused were produced in Dwarka Court and sent to judicial custody. Three passports were recovered from Rakesh Kumar and further investigations are on," he added.
08/07/11 Anurag Jadli/MiD DAY

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Categories: Airports Jul 2011