A Nicaragua-bound charter flight, with 303 Indian passengers on board, was grounded in France over suspected "human trafficking". The flight landed in Mumbai on December 26 with 276 Indian passengers as 27 of them decided to stay back in France.
According to a senior state Crime Investigation Department (CID) - Crime and Railways official, those passengers included 66 from Gujarat, who have already reached their respective native places in the state. Superintendent of Police, CID- Crime and Railways, Sanjay Kharat, who is investigating the case, said these 66 Gujarat natives, including some minors, were mainly from Mehsana, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Anand districts.
More than 60 people from Gujarat on board the Nicaragua-bound plane, which was sent back from France over suspected human trafficking, had agreed to pay Rs 60 lakh to Rs 80 lakh to immigration agents, who promised to cross into the US illegally.
The Nicaragua-bound aircraft, an Airbus A340 carrying 303 passengers, including 260 Indians, was grounded in France for four days over suspected human trafficking
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