6 accused arrested by NIA; network spread across country

National Investigation AgencyPhoto : IANSGuwahati: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 11 arrested six people, including four from Assam’s Cachar district who are allegedly part of a syndicate involved in illegal trafficking of Rohingya Muslims into the Indian territory. The arrests and searches were conducted by the premier terror probe agency at multiple locations in connection with the human trafficking case of Guwahati.The NIA busted a human trafficking racket operating in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country. The probe agency officials conducted searches at multiple locations in Assam, Meghalaya and Karnataka.The case pertains to illegal trafficking of Rohingya Muslims into the Indian territory to re-settle them on the basis of forged Indian identity documents. NIA had registered the case under Sections 370 and 370(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).The National Investigation Agency informed that the mastermind of the racket Kumkum Ahmed Chaudhury @ K K Ahmed Choudhury @ Asiqul Ahmed was operating this illegal trafficking network from Bengaluru. Other active members of this racket are spread in various parts of the country.Related NewsCongress didn’t do anything when Kashmiri Pandits were massacred: Assam Cabinet Minister Pijush HazarikaAssam Municipal election 2022 result: Landslide win for BJP in civic polls; Congress decimatedThe probe agency arrested six accused, including Kumkum Ahmed Choudhury. He is a resident of Cachar in Assam and was presently residing in Bengaluru.Sahalam Laskar alias Alam Laskar, also a resident of Cachar.Ahiya Ahmed Choudhury, a native of Cachar.Related NewsMeghalaya-Assam border dispute: ’30 out of 36 disputed villages to remain in Meghalaya,’ says CM Conrad K SangmaBapan Ahmed Choudhury, from Cachar.Jamaluddin Ahmed Choudhury, also a resident of Cachar.Wanbiang Suting, hails from East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.The NIA recovered large number of incriminating documents, articles and digital devices during the searches on March 11.

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