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A senior police inspector of the Sahar police station in Mumbai has been transferred due to his alleged negligence while acting against the accused involved in a human trafficking racket.
Hindustan Times reports that dozens of Indians were sent to countries such as the United States illegally via the “Dunki” route, as a result, according to officials.
The Mumbai police’s crime branch recently arrested several members of a human trafficking gang that was allegedly responsible for sending at least 80 individuals illegally to countries like the US, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands and Poland using fabricated passports and visas.
During the investigation, police learnt that SPI Dhananjay Sonawane from Sahar police station had not investigated an earlier trafficking case against one of the accused, which was why the decision to transfer him was taken, according to officials.
The police had registered a case on February 28 after being informed that a human trafficking gang had sent at least 80 individuals illegally to various countries using fake passports and visas. The gang used to charge 30 lakh- 50 lakh per person to send them to foreign countries using fake documents, officials said.
The racket came to light after a certain Roshan Bhaskar Dudhwadkar was apprehended by the immigration department last month after landing at Mumbai Airport from Bangkok. A crime branch team took him in custody for suspected involvement in the racket. Other suspects were then arrested.
After transferring SPI Sonawane for negligence, the case was then given to an assistant police commissioner-level officer for a fair probe, according to the police officer quoted earlier.
