Overview
- The Mumbai Crime Branch conducted joint raids with the Protector of Emigrants on offices in Nagpada following a complaint from the POE’s Bandra office.
- Two agency owners were arrested and seven others were named as wanted, according to officials cited in The Indian Express.
- Investigators seized 238 Indian passports along with offer letters, logbooks, visiting cards, rubber stamps, and forms used for overseas recruitment.
- An offence was registered at Nagpada Police Station under Sections 318(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 10 and 24 of the Immigration Act, 1983.
- Cases have been filed against nine establishments, their owners and agents, as the probe seeks to identify complainants and establish the extent of the alleged illegal recruitment.