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The searches were conducted at more than 10 locations across the country, including Delhi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Ambala, Chandigarh, Madurai and Chennai.
Days after two Indians died in the Russia-Ukraine war, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started a probe into human trafficking networks which allegedly lured these Indians to the war zone by promising them lucrative jobs.
Officials told CNN-News18 that CBI on Wednesday registered a case against various visa consultancy firms and agents on allegations of hiring and sending youths to the Russia-Ukraine war zone in the guise of lucrative jobs. The human trafficking network of these agents is spread over several states across the country.
It has been learnt that searches were conducted at more than 13 locations across the country, including Delhi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Ambala, Chandigarh, Madurai and Chennai.
“So far over Rs 50 lakhs, incriminating documents, electronic records like laptops, mobiles, desktops, etc. have been seized,” a CBI officer informed.
According to CBI, these traffickers have been operating in an organised network and were luring Indian nationals through social media channels and through their local contacts or agents for highly paid jobs in Russia.
The central agency has also detained suspects from all the cities being raided. Officials said that these visa agents and consultants are being questioned about their modus operandi.
CBI has so far established at least 35 cases of victims being misled and sent abroad. The current round of searches and questioning is being done to establish the number of victims lured into the trap and to prevent any more trafficking from India to the Russia-Ukraine war zone.
News is originally taken from: https://bit.ly/3Pe9rLQ
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