Ahmedabad: Two more accused arrested in human trafficking case

Two more accused involved in the human trafficking racket case were arrested by the Isanpur Police from Ghodasar area. The accused have been identified as Anand and Shailendra, both residents of Ghodasar. They used to ride auto-rickshaws in the city. In due course of the investigation, it was revealed that both the accused used to randomly kidnap girls and hand them over to Prakash Marathi and Maya Sathwara.

The accused were arrested from their respected houses on Tuesday night. During Maya Sathwara's investigation, it was revealed that the auto drivers were fetching girls for her. Later, with the help of Prakash Marathi, they made fake documents of the girls and changed their names

Once the entire process was done, Maya used to search for grooms for the girls and used to marry them off in exchange of a huge amount of money. As per senior police officials, "both the auto drivers used to get a cut from Maya once the marriage was seen through. The accused drivers would continue looking for other girls in the city."

The investigation also revealed that until now five girls were kidnapped by the auto drivers and later given to Maya who got their marriage done in different cities for money. The police have come to know that two of the girls are married in Mumbai while the other three are married in Gujarat.

N M Patel, Inspector of the Isnapur Police Station said, "Right now we are gathering information regarding the five girls to get know more about the entire racket."

As per the police, currently, the four accused identified as Maya Sathwara, Prakash Marathi, Anand, and Shailendra have been arrested in the case and further investigation is underway.