India 調査(する)s 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd human trafficking after 276 国家のs return home

By Sumit Khanna and Rupam Jain

AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 27 (Reuters) - India has 開始する,打ち上げるd an 調査 into how 303 Indians ended up on a 借り切る/憲章d flight that was grounded in フラン last week because of 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd human trafficking, 当局 in the western Indian 明言する/公表する of Gujarat said on Wednesday.

Tipped off by an 匿名の/不明の informant, French 当局 on Friday 妨げるd the 計画(する) from 飛行機で行くing to its 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d 目的地 of Nicaragua from a refuelling 途中滞在 at Vatry airport in northeastern フラン. It had taken off from the 部隊d Arab 首長国s (UAE) with 11 unaccompanied minors の中で the 乗客s, 276 of whom returned to India on Tuesday.

Many of the Indians onboard あられ/賞賛するd from Gujarat, 公式の/役人s said.

Sanjay Kharat, a 上級の Gujarat police 公式の/役人, said 当局 had 得るd the 指名するs and 演説(する)/住所s of 21 persons from the 明言する/公表する who were on the flight, and that 捜査官/調査官s were trying to 決定する who 容易にするd their travel.

"Our teams have already spoken with some of them ...(or) their family members," he said.

The flight was operated by Romania's Legend 航空機によるs. Its lawyer Liliana Bakayoko 拒絶する/低下するd to 指名する the (弁護士の)依頼人 who 借り切る/憲章d the 計画(する), 特記する/引用するing contractual confidentiality.

An 公式の/役人 at India's home 省, speaking on 条件 of anonymity, told Reuters the 登録 of the 借り切る/憲章d flight and "people operating this entire nexus" had been identified, but 拒絶する/低下するd to (a)手の込んだ/(v)詳述する. A 省 spokesperson did not 答える/応じる to an email 捜し出すing その上の comment.

French 当局 placed two of the 乗客s on "補助装置d 証言,証人/目撃する" status after 調査/捜査するing them for 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd people 密輸するing, while another 25 remained in フラン to 適用する for as ylum. In フラン, "補助装置d 証言,証人/目撃する" is an 中間の status between that of a 証言,証人/目撃する and an 起訴するd 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑う.

Reuters was not すぐに able to speak with any of those who returned to India, with some 拒絶する/低下するing to talk after 現れるing from Mumbai airport and others hiding their 直面するs with their 手渡すs or 着せる/賦与するing.

The Indian home 省 公式の/役人 said Indian 移民/移住 公式の/役人s were also 存在 questioned to see if any children had left India unaccompanied.

"All these people landed in (the UAE) at different times, and they congregated to leave on the same 計画(する). They had 合法的な tourist ビザs to enter Dubai," the 公式の/役人 told Reuters.

The 計画(する) was held in フラン a day after the U.S. 明言する/公表する Department said it would 課す ビザ 制限s 的ing individuals operating 借り切る/憲章 flights into Nicaragua for migrants 長,率いるing に向かって the U.S.-Mexico 国境.

によれば U.S. Customs and 国境 保護 data, the number of Indians caught trying to enter the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs 不法に has 3倍になるd over the past three years. U.S. 当局 caught 96,917 Indians between October 2022 and September 2023, up from 30,662 three years earlier. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Sumit Khana, Krishn Kaushik and Rupam Jain; editing by 示す Heinrich)

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