New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested six people involved in a human trafficking and visa fraud racket, rescuing minors and recovering forged documents.
The probe began after complaints about the disappearance of two girls, aged 15 and 13, from Bhalswa Dairy, northwest Delhi. Using technical surveillance, police traced the girls to Srinagar and brought them back to Delhi on June 15.
In statements to the child welfare committee, the victims revealed they were lured from Old Delhi Railway Station, taken to Srinagar via Jammu, and forced into unpaid domestic work.
Two of the accused, Salim-ul-Rehman alias Wasim (38) of Srinagar and Suraj (31) of Begampur, Rohini, were arrested. DCP (Outer North) Hareshwar V Swami said Salim ran a placement agency that trafficked workers over two years, charging Rs 25,000 per man and Rs 60,000 per woman. Suraj transported victims under instructions from agents at railway stations.
Raids in Srinagar led to the arrest of Mohammad Talib and Satnam Singh, both from Uttar Pradesh. Police rescued a 16-year-old girl and recovered a forged UP Police ID card allegedly used to bypass checks. The trafficking network reportedly operated through a web of touts offering false job promises to minors and vulnerable laborers.
In a related investigation, Delhi Police uncovered a visa fraud racket where 19 Nepalese nationals were defrauded of nearly Rs 70 lakh on the pretext of jobs in Serbia. DCP (Crime) Vikram Singh stated that Jayakab (41) of Greater Noida and his associate Rupesh (42) of Chhawla, Delhi, were arrested. Authorities seized 13 passports and a mobile phone containing incriminating messages. The victims are now stranded in India, facing severe financial and legal hardships.
