Agartala: In a breakthrough, Tripura police on Saturday night caught a human trafficking network kingpin who was listed in the National Investigation Agency wanted list.
The NIA announced a reward of rupees one lakh for the accused identified as Hannan Mia. Soon after his arrest, a three-member team of the National Investigation Agency rushed to Tripura from Assam to secure a transit remand.
The remand was subsequently granted and the accused person was shifted to Guwahati with a local court order so that he could be produced before the special NIA court.
Speaking to reporters, OC Bishalgarh police station Rana Chatterjee said, “Police officials of Bishalgarh police station have arrested Hannan Mia from Rastar Matha area of Bishalgarh.
He hails from the Motinagar area under the Sepahijala district of Tripura. We have been searching for him ever since the NIA announced his name. A total of rupees one lakh reward was announced for him. We have been tracking him ever since the NIA had launched comprehensive drives to break the human trafficking nexus active in the border areas of India and Bangladesh.”
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A three-member team of NIA arrived at Tripura soon after his arrest. Mia was produced before the court and the prayer of his transit remand was accepted. He had been allowed to be shifted to Guwahati for production before the special NIA court. Cases were registered against him under Indian Penal Code sections: 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121A (conspiracy to commit offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment), 153A(1) (promoting enmity between different groups), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 465 (forgery), 471 (using forged documents), 295A (deliberate acts to outrage religious feelings), 109 (abetment), and 370 (human trafficking). Additionally, he is charged under sections 12(1)(a), 12(1A)(a)(b), and 12(2) of the Indian Passport Act, 1967.
Sources said evidence indicating his links with terror groups is also available with the top investigating agency.
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