28 quake-hit Nepali girls rescued from trafficking bid

Busting a well-entrenched human trafficking racket, a joint team of Delhi Police and IB arrested four people and rescued 28 Nepalese girls at IGI Airport here. Investigations revealed that the girls, affected by the recent earthquake in Nepal, were lured by unscrupulous agents to take them to West Asian countries on false promises of lucrative jobs.

On receiving a complaint from immigration officials over suspicious seven Nepalese girls who arrived as domestic passengers from Ahmedabad by an international flight, the joint team examined them, who revealed that they entered India through land route. Probe revealed that their journey to Dubai was arranged by an agent identified as Raju aka Ravinder aka Nima with his associates in Air India staff. 

A human trafficking angle to the case was thus established, said MI Haider, Deputy Commissioner of Police, IGI Airport.After interrogation, two employees of AISATS, identified as Kapil Kumar (32) and Manish Gupta (32), were arrested. All the seven girls were sent to Nari Niketan for further proceedings. 

Sustained interrogation of the two accused revealed that some agents from Nepal were involved in trafficking of Nepalese girls in the name of better jobs in Gulf countries. It was further revealed that more girls from Nepal have been brought to India and at present were staying at Mahipalpur area in Delhi. 

Following the information, police conducted raids on July 25 morning during which following two Nepalese agents involved in the racket of Human Trafficking were arrested. They have been identified as Vishnu Tamang (25) and Ishwor Neupane (33). 21 Nepalese girls in the age group of 20-35 years were also rescued.

Based on interrogation of the accused, further raids were conducted at several places and some incriminating documents were also seized. 

Police said that the kingpins of the racket are still at large. Investigation is further going on to find out other agents/traffickers and unravel the conspiracy of other agencies involved in the racket, said the DCP.