Gujarat police question 20 passengers of Nicaragua-bound flight sent back by France

A senior state Crime Investigation Department (CID) official told PTI that those passengers included at least 60 from Gujarat, who have already reached their respective native places in the state. They were questioned by the department to find out whether they had any plans to cross into the United States of America illegally after reaching Latin America.

“They were sent back from France. There was a rumour they had planned to enter the US illegally after landing in Nicaragua. In their statements, they told us they were going there as tourists. We are going into the details to find out who were the agents behind their trip,” the report quoted SP Rajkumar, additional director General of Police, CID - Crime and Railways, as saying.

The police said of the 60 who returned to Gujarat, some 20 have been grilled already by the agency.

"We are verifying their documents to ascertain whether they used genuine or forged documents to proceed to Central America. We will also check their financial transactions because, ideally, they should not have paid more if they were going there as normal tourists and not with any other intention," said the senior IPS officer.