One held in south Delhi for human trafficking

New Delhi News.Net
Sunday 21st March, 2010

Delhi Police Sunday claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket with the arrest of a man who allegedly would cheat people on pretext of arranging a job in Saudi Arabia.

Mahboob Hussain, 51, was arrested from south Delhi Thursday on the basis of complaint of three residents of Mewat area in Haryana - Fateh Mohammad, Sher Mohammad and Abbas.

'On interrogation, he disclosed that he had taken a room on rent in Kalkaji where he would meet people who were looking for a job opportunity in Saudi Arabia. He along with a person named Shakeel would lure people under the promise of getting attractive salary. They used to charge Rs.90,000 each from them,' said a senior police officer.

'Hussain and Shakeel shared the gains between themselves. The accused has so far duped more than 100 people. Recently, a few people returned from Saudi Arabia without getting a job even after staying there for 2-3 months,' the police officer added.

Police recovered Rs.305,000 in cash and 46 passports from Hussain's rented accommodation.

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