Punjab Police on Friday constituted a four-member fact-finding committee/particular investigation crew (SIT) to research unlawful human trafficking and migration.
He stated that this collaborative effort is aimed toward guaranteeing a complete and efficient investigation into unlawful migration. (AP)
This comes three days after the US deported 104 unlawful immigrants from numerous states on a navy plane as a part of Donald Trump authorities’s crackdown.
Many of the deportees when contacted by their respective district polices refused to present any written statements towards the brokers, barring one grievance registered in Amritsar.
Further director normal of police (NRI affairs) Praveen Sinha will head this committee with ADGP (inside safety) Shive Kumar Verma, IGP (provisioning) Dr S Boopathi and DIG (border vary) Satinder Singh as its members.
“The SIT will focus on identifying the individuals involved in these illegal activities and ensuring they are held accountable for their actions, besides, identifying the persons involved in the illegal activities,” stated Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav.
He stated the SIT has been directed to take applicable motion as per regulation and information.
“The committee has been empowered to co-opt any other police officer in the inquiry/investigation. They will maintain coordination with the concerned senior superintendents of police/commissioners of police, who have been directed to provide all the required assistance and infrastructural facilities to the committee”, the DGP added.
He stated that this collaborative effort is aimed toward guaranteeing a complete and efficient investigation into unlawful migration.
Deportees reluctant to file complaints
Solely one of many 30 deportees from Punjab approached by the state police has submitted his grievance.
On the complainant of Daler Singh, a resident of Salempura village close to Rajasansi the Amritsar police have booked a journey agent below Part 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Punjab Journey Professionals (Regulation) Act 2014.
As per stories, DSP-level officers visited the residences of deportees however most of them confirmed reluctance to file written complaints towards the brokers, who took lakhs of rupees per head to take them to the US by way of ‘donkey route’ by way of Latin America.
SSP (Jalandhar Rural) Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh, stated the gazetted officers had been despatched to the residences of two of the deportees however they refused to register any grievance.
“We have appealed to these families to give names of the agents in writing. However, the families were reluctant to give any kind of details as yet,” Khakh stated.
Amongst 30 Punjab deportees, 14 hailed from Doaba area together with six from Kapurthala, 4 from Jalandhar and two every from SBS Nagar and Hoshiarpur districts.
Kapurthala SSP Gaurav Toora additionally confirmed that not one of the deportees have come ahead to submit any grievance as of now.
“The police can take action against these travel agents according to law only after getting detailed complaints from these people,” Toora added.
SBS Nagar SSP Mehtab Singh stated the DSP-level officers visited the households however they had been inaccessible.
The 4 deportees who belong to Patiala district have additionally not appeared earlier than the police to file a grievance and it was the same story in different districts as nicely.
One of many senior police officers, who didn’t want to be named, stated that the deportees have all the knowledge relating to whom they contacted and to whom they paid hefty quantities for travelling to the US.
“Since most of them had gone recently, the chances are high that the agents might return the money on the condition that no complaint is filed against them with the police,” the official added.
Kuljit Singh Hayer, president of the Punj-Aab journey brokers affiliation, stated that the enterprise has earned a nasty popularity because of the presence of some swindlers.
“It is not a small game as such agents have a vast network of touts in every country. Hearing the tales of deportees, one can gauge that these agents were working while sitting in Dubai, the UK and other Latin American countries,” he stated.
“It is not possible for an agent sitting in Jalandhar or Kapurthala to arrange logistics of such big operations,” he added.
One of many journey brokers, on situation of anonymity, stated: “The agents arrange all the logistics and travel itinerary. In every country, a new agent appears. All the conversations are carried over phones and other networks, and there is no face-to-face interaction with agents. The payments are also made at different stages,” he stated.