India, Feb. 5 -- The crime investigation department (CID) of the Gujarat Police is still looking for the mastermind of the December 2023 human trafficking case registered after 276 Indians on a chartered flight to Nicaragua were stopped in France and sent back to India.

The chartered flight operated by Romania's Legend Airlines, flew from Dubai to Nicaragua with 303 Indians, including several unaccompanied minors, and was grounded during a technical halt at Vatry Airport near Paris on December 21, 2023, after French authorities received a tip-off about suspected human trafficking.

"Guru Amrut Pal Singh, alias Pali, originally from Jalandhar, Punjab, is suspected to have orchestrated the trafficking and illegally transported passengers t...