Security agencies have detected a suspected human trafficking instance at Indira Gandhi International Airport here as CISF sleuths today apprehended an air passenger at the departure terminal who did not board a Frankfurt-bound flight despite having a boarding card.
Officials said a Gurdaspur (Punjab) resident, identified as Kulwinder Singh, was apprehended by Central Industrial Security Force after he suspiciously returned from the boarding gate of an aircraft leaving for Frankfurt saying he has just been informed that his father was not well back home.
"On inquiry, it came to notice that Kulwinder was travelling with his brother Gurvinder Singh who was having a boarding pass for a flight to Bangkok but Kulwinder handed over his passport and boarding pass of Frankfurt to his brother who by the time had left for Frankfurt on the same flight," a CISF spokesperson said.
The CISF later informed the matter to the pilot of the aircraft who subsequently communicated the matter to Frankfurt police so that Gurvinder can be apprehended as soon as the aircraft lands there, he said.
Kulwinder has been handed over to Delhi Police which later arrested him for further probe, the spokesperson said.
"It appears to be a case of trafficking and the police will probe the case in detail," the official said.
