Cops want to bring back victims of international human trafficking
The second set of three alleged accused, Aslam Rafique Panchal (52), Sunil Jivatram Nandani (53) and Narsiya Joseph Munjali (46), arrested in the international human trafficking racket, were produced and remanded in judicial custody till May 16 by the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Mumbai.
On April 20, the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police along with the anti-robbery and dacoity cell busted a racket of international human trafficking and had arrested three persons, namely Aarif Shafi Farukhi (38), Rajesh Balaram Pawar (47) and Fatima Farid Ahmed (48), and rescued four children from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
The police after investigation arrested another set of three accused — Aslam Rafique Panchal (52) ,Sunil Jivatram Nandani (53) and Narsiya Joseph Munjali (46) — in the racket.
The investigating official from the anti-dacoity cell told the court that the investigation reveals that arrested accused Aslam Panchal is the mastermind of the international human trafficking racket that allegedly selects children from financially backward families of Punjab.
“Aslam Panchal has agents who lure financially weak families in Punjab. He runs the racket from Mumbai and allegedly has travelled on various passports to many European countries.During the investigation,the police have accessed various passports forged and fabricated by Aslam Panchal. It is still to ascertain that what total numbers of minors have been sent to European countries including the USbut the data of human trafficking by the racket is gone up from 25 to 50,” said the officer.
A source from the investigating team reveals that they have accessed the names of 50 children.
“It is a crucial case as the police have retrieved only names but are still to access their “real names” and “families” of those who have been sent to France and the US,”saidthe source.
“Aslam Panchal,the mastermind of this racket, has forged and fabricated documents to open up several bank accounts. The further investigation can only reveal on transactions of monies that have taken place in these accounts. It can help in nailing either the families of the victim or his clients in various countries,”saidthe source.
At the same time,Sunil JivatramNandani and Narsiya Joseph Munjali involved in the racket have also forged documents to make passports of the several victims.