India, Feb. 11 -- Chandigarh

The special investigation team (SIT) constituted to probe illegal human trafficking following deportation of Indians from the US has registered eight first information reports (FIRs) against fraudulent travel agents, police said on Monday.

Acting on complaints from the victims, police have registered eight FIRs against travel agents based on the statements of the deportees.

While two FIRs have been registered by district police, six have been lodged by NRI affairs wing of the Punjab Police.

A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Amritsar airport on February 5. This was the first batch of Indians to be deported by the Donald Trump government as part of a crackdown agains...