Bengaluru: Detention of human traffickers; 35 Nepali girls rescued
Bengaluru, Dec 12: CCB police arrested four Nepal-based accused on charges of detaining the girls promising by getting them jobs in abroad and trying to trade them illegally.
The arrested have been identified as Kishan Gale (29), Lakshman Gale (29), Rakesh Sharma (38) and Thag Bahadur Thapa (32). It is said that they have formed a syndicate to earn money illegally.
CCB DCP S Girish said that the accused have promised 35 innocent girls that they would get them work in abroad and brought them and kept them illegally in Sudha Lodge at Cotton Pete. They have planned to trade them illegally to foreign countries through agents, he said.
With the help of laptops and printers, they have created fake documents in the name of girls. Two laptops, one printer, 6 mobile phones, 6 fake seals, two passports and other materials were recovered from them. Two other accused Venkateshwar Rao and B Navaraj were at large and the police have been searching for them.
They have links with the foreign agents of human trafficking. Based on the demands of the agents, the accused have been supplying the girls. It was found in the interrogation that they have been using the girls for illegal activities. All the 35 girls rescued here are from Nepal, he said.
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Placed under house arrest, not allowed to offer Friday prayers, says Mirwaiz
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Srinagar (PTI): Kashmir's chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed he was put under house arrest and not allowed to offer the congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid here.
"For the third consecutive Friday in Ramzan I have been put under arbitrary house arrest-never conveyed in writing, but enforced by placing police vehicles and large contingents in front of my gate and the entire area, chocking gully points and lanes with concertina wires, disallowing traffic movement, all to prevent me from delivering the
Friday sermon at Jama Masjid!" Mirwaiz said in a post on X.
For the third consecutive Friday in Ramzan I have been put under arbitrary house arrest-never conveyed in writing, but enforced by placing police vehicles and large contingents in front of my gate and the entire area, chocking gully points and lanes with concertina wires,… pic.twitter.com/90m78aSmBC
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) March 20, 2026
He also posted pictures purportedly showing a large contingent of security forces and police vehicles outside the gate of his residence in Nigeen locality of the city here.
Mirwaiz, who delivers the Friday sermon at the grand mosque in Nowhatta area of the city, said his house detention "conveys panic of the rulers".
"While it conveys panic of the rulers, the centrality of Jama Masjid for the Muslims of the region has unfortunately always been a thorn in their side, as are Muslim institutions and identity, which they want to undermine. But such measures cannot erase identity nor weaken faith. These attempts will fail," he added.
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