Police suspect that the 52-year-old man, who was arrested on Tuesday for trafficking minor boys and girls to various countries, may be an agent in a big racket. The Sahar police officials investigating the international racket said they are probing the possibility that accused Hemang Modi, 52, could be an agent, who was taking children abroad to their kin who may have moved to foreign countries legally or illegally. A police official said, “Around 17 minor boys and girls have been sent to another country by the arrested accused and his wife Harsha, 41. The four women and the trafficked children have not returned to Mumbai till date. The police also found that on some trips, Hemang and Harsha passed of the trafficked boys and girls as their own children.

Source: Hindustan Times October 26, 2017 04:18 UTC