Chandigarh, July 10 -- A sprawling network of illegal immigration agents, exploiting the dreams of rural Indians yearning for a better life abroad, has come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In a major crackdown on the infamous Dunki route racket,
ED sleuths on Wednesday raided 11 locations across Punjab and Haryana - including Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala, Moga, Ambala, Kurukshetra, and Karnal -unearthing critical evidence linked to human trafficking, money laundering, and transnational criminal networks.
The raids follow the deportation of hundreds of Indian nationals from the United States earlier this year, many of whom returned home in handcuffs after a harrowing journey that spanned continents and involved life-th...