India, July 5 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two key men allegedly involved in human trafficking to the US via the illegal "donkey" route, officials said on Saturday.

The arrests came after searches at a location each in Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. The accused, Sunny, alias Sunny Donker, of Dharamshala in Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, and Shubham Sandhal, alias Deep Hundi, of Ropar in Punjab, who was living in Outer Delhi's Peeragarhi, were arrested on Friday, the NIA said in a statement.

Both, the probe agency said, were accomplices of Gagandeep Singh, alias Goldy, who was arrested in March.

Gagandeep was arrested on a complaint of a victim, who was trafficked to the US using the illegal route and was depor...