NIA files chargesheet against 2 traffickers in donkey route case

Seven months after initiating a probe into the illegal immigration racket, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against two persons involved in sending Indian citizens to the United States through the donkey route.

The NIA initiated investigation into the matter after Punjab Police registered the case on February 18 under Section 318 (cheating) of the BNS and other sections of Punjab Travel Professionals (Regulation) Act, 2014, at Goindwal police station in Tarn Taran district.

As many as 2,417 Indians, 60% of them from Punjab, have been deported from the US since the Donald Trump administration cracked down on illegal immigrants in January.