NEW DELHI: Four people, including three Nepalese nationals, were arrested here for allegedly running a human trafficking racket whose kingpin is operating from Saudi Arabia.
Nepal has banned immigration of women to Saudi Arabia and the alleged racketeers decided to take the India route to hoodwink the Nepalese authorities while trafficking girls from Nepal to the Middle East country, police said.
The accused, claimed sources, allegedly sold of these women for several lakhs.
Nabin Kumar Subedi (35), Ashiq Ali Miya (24) and Uttam Silwal (32), all from Nepal, and Bipin Dahal (32), a graduate hailing from Assam, were apprehended from various places following a tip off from central intelligence agencies, Sanjeev Yadav, deputy commissioner of police (special cell), said.
They allegedly used to prepare fake passports, visa and fake employment stickers of Nepal and used them to send people abroad. Fourty-one fake Nepalese passports and 104 fake foreign employment permit stickers of Nepal were recovered from them.