Hazaribagh Police Bust 'Donkey Route' Human Trafficking Network, Five Arrested

Hazaribagh: The Hazaribagh police have exposed an international gang allegedly dealing in human trafficking. The gang used to take huge amounts of money from people to send them to the US illegally. The police have arrested the kingpin of this gang - Uday Kumar Kushwaha.

Uday is a citizen of the US and also has an overseas citizenship card. He is originally from Tati Jharia in Hazaribagh. Hazaribagh police was informed through a petition that people were being sent to the United States of America through the donkey route.

In the month of November, one such person was sent back to India from the US. Police have exposed a big gang by investigating one of them - Sonu Kumar.

The lure of a job abroad!

Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police (SP) Anjani Anjan said that Uday Kumar Kushwaha, a resident of Tati Jharia, was doing business in the United States of America for the last 45 years. "He used to send people to the US through the donkey route by giving false promises of getting them jobs. Uday has so far sent 12 people to US illegally through the donkey route. He and his four other associates have been arrested," said the SP.

Hazaribagh SP also informed that Sonu Kumar, accused Uday's relatives Vikas Kumar and Pintu Kumar were sent to Brazil from Delhi by flight. "After reaching Brazil, they were secretly brought to Guatemala via Peru, Colombia, Panama through river Rhode. They were kept in the custody of the mafia for 50 days. During that time, they were given food only once a day. They were kept hidden in a container," said the Police Official.

So far 12 people have been sent abroad illegally!

During this time, Uday demanded 45 lakh rupees from plaintiff Sonu's father in exchange for releasing him. The victim's family reportedly gave 45 lakh rupees to the mafia's family. At the same time, the victim Sonu was caught by the police while crossing the US border and kept in a detention centre. After keeping him in the detention centre for 4 months, he was handed over to India. When he came to India, he gave a written complaint to Hazaribagh Police. After this, the whole nexus was revealed.

The arrested include Darshan Prasad, Lalmohan Prasad, Chauhan Prasad and Shankar Prasad – all key operatives. Raids are also being conducted to arrest other members of this syndicate.

Hazaribagh Police have informed that according to the information received so far, 12 people have been sent to the US through Donkey Route by Uday Kumar Kushwaha and his associates includes Digambar Kushwaha, Rajkumar Kushwaha, Nandu Kumar, Pappu Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Shambhu Dayal, Prithviraj Kushwaha, Sanjay Verma, Suman Saurabh Prasad, Praveen Kumar, Arun Kumar and Dheeraj Kumar.