Human trafficker who cheated jobseekers held

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police crime branch have arrested a 54-year-old human trafficker, wanted in three cases. The accused, Jaswinder Singh, allegedly cheated jobseekers

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police crime branch have arrested a 54-year-old human trafficker, wanted in three cases. The accused, Jaswinder Singh, allegedly cheated jobseekers on the pretext of sending them abroad on fake passports and visas, the police said on Thursday.

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A Delhi court had declared Singh of Hoshiarpur in Punjab a proclaimed offender as he was evading the law in all three cases.

Two of the cases were registered in 2009, and the third in 2015. All three cases were registered at the IGI Airport police station.

Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner of police (west), said Singh was arrested last week from Sagarpur in west Delhi on a tip-off. The crime branch team, led by inspector PC Yadav, knew that Singh would meet someone near Barat Ghar on Sagarpur Road.

“Our team laid a trap near Barat Ghar and caught Singh,” said Yadav.

Singh, son of a mason, told interrogators that he studied up to Class 8, before working as a carpenter. Later, he went to Libya and worked as a welder for a few years. He then returned to India. In Libya, he came in contact with Balbir Singh. Singh went to Saudi Arabia in 1987, and returned four years later.

“In India, Singh met Balbir, who allegedly sent jobseekers abroad on forged passports and visas. He joined Balbir’s illegal business,” Yadav said.