Saturday, December 20, 2025
News

Nepal Police rescue 11 Indians from trafficker's captivity

SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend    Print this Page   COMMENT

Kathmandu | February 15, 2024 6:24:53 AM IST
Nepal Police rescued 11 Indian nationals from trafficker's captivity in the capital city of Kathmandu on Wednesday late in the evening, police sources confirmed ANI.

As per the police sources, traffickers had kept 11 Indian nationals in their captivity on the pretext of sending them to the United States.

"They were kept in captivity for one month in the Ratopul area. Acting on the specialinformation received, police were able to rescue the Indian nationals while seven othersinvolved in the possible trafficking attempt also has been apprehended," a police officialtold ANI, seeking anonymity.

According to the official, the rescued Indians have informed the police authority that they've submitted about Rs 4.5 million to the agents to reach the United States through illegal means.

"Nepal has been used as transit to send the rescued Indian nationals to the United States.Further investigation is underway. All of the rescued are male," the official added.

Those rescued from a private house in Kathmandu are from Indian state of Punjab andHaryana, as per the official. (ANI)

 
  LATEST COMMENTS (0)
POST YOUR COMMENT
Comments Not Available
 
POST YOUR COMMENT
 
 
TRENDING TOPICS
 
 
CITY NEWS
MORE CITIES
 
 
 
MORE WORLD NEWS
'Extremely alarming': Priyanka Gandhi ur...
Bangladesh unrest: Conspiracy to destabi...
Global push for traditional medicine gai...
US Justice Dept misses deadline to relea...
President made it a priority to be a pea...
US launches Operation Hawkeye in Syria p...
More...
 
INDIA WORLD ASIA
'Did not get satisfactory answers': Hary...
'Attack on working class': Pawan Khera s...
'PM Modi will be 1st Prime Minister to o...
Tripura: Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu...
Tripura Govt aims to make TFTI best film...
Air India, IndiGo airlines issue travel ...
More...    
 
 Top Stories
US launches Operation Hawkeye in Sy... 
President made it a priority to be ... 
"Did not get satisfactory answers":... 
Tripura: Governor Indra Sena Reddy ... 
Tripura Govt aims to make TFTI best... 
US Justice Dept misses deadline to ... 
Air India, IndiGo airlines issue tr... 
Global push for traditional medicin...