The women were allegedly being trafficked to Arab countries

A human trafficking racket has been busted with the arrest of two Air India staff members at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.

According to the police, seven Nepali women allegedly being trafficked to Arab countries have also been “rescued”.

Immigration officials had on Monday and Tuesday caught seven women, aged between 20 years and 40 years, for attempting to travel to Dubai using forged documents. The women were handed over to Delhi Police with a complaint that their departure was illegally facilitated by two Air India staff members.

“The Air India staff members, Kapil Kumar and Manish Gupta, have been arrested. They illegally issued boarding passes to these women,” said the police.

Three women were nabbed at the airport on Monday night and the others the next day. Their interrogation revealed the role of Kapil and Manish.

The first group was arrested after the CISF personnel at the airport deemed their behaviour as suspicious. The women’s claims about the flight they had landed by were proved false after the authorities checked the CCTV footage, said CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh.

“They revealed that their journey was arranged by Raju, an agent, through his Air India associates. The women were deceived into believing that they would be provided handsome jobs in Dubai. That indicates that this is a case of human trafficking,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) M.I. Haider.

The police will seek the remand of the two suspects.

The women were allegedly being trafficked to

Arab countries