Human Trafficking Case CBI to Help Kerala

20 April 2013
Trivandrum

The Kerala government has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the controversial human trafficking case at Nedumbassery International Airport in Cochin.The state government made the plea before the high court on Friday during the hearing on the application of two accused in the case for bail. The government counsel informed the court that the racket had sent hundreds of people abroad through the airport by forging documents in connivance with travel agencies.

The government counsel revealed that some foreigners had also traveled into and out of the country through the airport without proper documents. The counsel has pressed for a probe by federal agency, saying the case had international ramifications. The crime branch which is investigating the case now is not equipped to take their investigation to foreign countries. The CBI would be in a better position to unravel the larger conspiracy behind the racket.

The court had earlier asked the state government’s opinion on handing over the probe to the CBI while hearing the bail applications of Ajeeb and Savad, the two accused in the case. The court had observed that the case involved the security of the nation.

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