India, April 2 -- A senior police inspector (SPI) of the Sahar police station has been transferred due to his alleged negligence while acting against the accused involved in a human trafficking racket, in which dozens of Indians were sent to countries such as the United States illegally via the "Dunki" route, officials said.

The Mumbai police's crime branch recently arrested several members of a human trafficking gang that was allegedly responsible for sending at least 80 individuals illegally to countries like the US, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands and Poland using fabricated passports and visas.

During their investigation, the police learnt that SPI Dhananjay Sonawane from the Sahar police station, under whose jurisdiction the Mumbai...