Two Russia-based agents under CBI scanner for sending Indians to Ukraine war

Two Russiabased agents involved in the human trafficking network that pushed Indians into the Ukraine war zone are under the CBI scanner officials said on FridayThe agents allegedly confiscated the passports of Indians arriving in Russia and forced them to fight with the armed forces officials said The network was busted by the CBI on ThursdayChristina and Moinuddin Chippa a resident of Rajasthan are based in Russia and were facilitating the trafficking of Indian youth to Russia by offering them lucrative job opportunities there officials saidThe central probe agencys FIR has listed 17 other Visa consultancy companies their owners and agents spread across India they saidThe agency has booked them under Indian Penal Code Sections related to criminal conspiracy cheating and human traffickingThe CBI has alleged that the accused persons through their agents trafficked Indian nationals to Russia on the pretext of getting jobs related to the Russian Army security guards helpers better life and education and a huge amount was charged from these people illegallyThe agents also duped students by providing them admission to dubious private Universities in Russia instead of government or public Universities by offering discounted fees and visa extensions and ultimately leaving them at the mercy of local agentsOnce these aspirants reached Russia their passports were seized by the agents there and they were forced to join the armed forces after combat role trainingThey were being trained in combat roles and provided with Russian Army uniforms and batches Thereafter these Indian Nationals are being deployed at front bases in the RussiaUkraine War Zone against their wishes and put their lives in grave danger the CBI FIR saidThe Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday had busted the trafficking networkThey said the agency has found 35 instances in which youngsters were taken to Russia after being lured with false promises of highpaying jobs via social media channels and local contacts and agentsAfter filing the FIR the CBI conducted countrywide searches at 13 locations across Delhi Thiruvananthapuram Mumbai Ambala Chandigarh Madurai and ChennaiThe human trafficking network of these agents is spread over several states across the country and they are operating in an organised manner the spokesperson had saidThe central probe agency has booked 24x7 RAS Overseas Foundation in Delhi and its director Suyash Mukut O S D Bros Travels and Visa Services Pvt Ltd in Mumbai and its director Rakesh Pandey Adventure Visa Services Pvt Ltd in Chandigarh and its director Manjeet Singh and Baba Vlogs Overseas Recruitment Solutions Pvt Ltd in Dubai and its director Faisal Abdul Mutalib Khan alias Baba among othersIt has been ascertained that some of the victims also suffered grievous injuries in the war zone the official had saidSo far cash worth over Rs 50 lakh incriminating documents and electronic records like laptops mobiles desktops and CCTV footage have been seized Searches are going on Certain suspects have also been detained for questioning at various locations he had addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever