The city is making headlines in regional newspapers as a hive of scams, abduction, and human trafficking, with governments increasingly under pressure to respond to emergency appeals from families and victims.
According to Mekong News, this is modern-day slavery which Chinese human trafficking syndicates perpetrate without facing meaningful resistance from authorities in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, all three major hubs of trafficking business, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
While talking to ANI, the Karnataka Home Minister said, "The state government has directed the CID to investigate the complaints against Santro Ravi, who is said to be a fraudster."
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday questioned State Home Minister Araga Jnanendra's visit to Gujarat, around the time, from where the alleged Kingpin of human trafficking Santro Ravi was nabbed on Friday.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by saying that Santro Ravi, the alleged kingpin of human trafficking who is in a centre stage nowadays for his alleged proximities with the BJP leaders, wrote a cover letter to police clai
Congress leaders met Governor Thavarchand Gehlot and requested to conduct a judicial enquiry in the presence of a High Court judge or to form an SIT to probe into the government's failure to arrest Santro Ravi.
Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects were detained by Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors at the end of December pending a criminal investigation.
Claiming that as Karnataka Home minister, he draws hundreds of visitors every day, Araga Jnanendra on Monday dismissed former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's allegation that he is related to Santro Ravi, an alleged kingpin of a human trafficking racket.