NIA raided 10 states

New Delhi (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches in 10 states in human trafficking cases.
The states where the NIA is probing the cases include Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.
Raids are being conducted at the residential premises and other places of the suspects linked to these cases in close coordination with the state police forces.
Multiple NIA teams launched raids across 10 states in the early hours of Tuesday based on specific information against suspects involved in the crime.
According to NIA sources, more than four dozen locations in these 10 states are being searched by NIA officials to unearth the racket of human smugglers with international links.
Last month, an NIA team from Bengaluru had arrested an absconding accused from Tamil Nadu in a Sri Lankan human trafficking case. The accused, identified as Imran Khan, along with other co-accused, trafficked the Sri Lankan nationals to various places in Bengaluru and Mangaluru.
The federal agency had taken over the case from the local police in view of its international dimensions. The NIA had filed a preliminary charge sheet in the case in October 2021 against five Indian accused – Dhinakaran alias Ayya, Kasi Vishwanathan, Rasool, Satham Ushen and Abdul Muhitu. A total of 13 suspects were charged by the end of October this year. NIA in the case
Similarly, the NIA is investigating some other human trafficking cases in which innocent people are lured by smugglers with false promises, including the possibility of obtaining valid documents for migration to Canada and securing employment opportunities and other objectives. Are included. (ANI)
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