THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: What began as a routine verification by the Thumba police regarding foreign nationals illegally overstaying their visas has transformed into a comprehensive human trafficking and exploitation investigation. Acting on a credible intelligence tip-off on the night of June 27, the police raided the Kumar Gardens residential complex at Kattela. While the search initially led to the booking of two Thailand nationals for visa violations, further interrogation exposed a deeper racket, resulting in the arrest of two local men accused of trafficking and exploiting foreign citizens for unlawful financial gain.
According to official police logs, law enforcement received specific inputs that three foreign nationals were residing without valid documents at a rented facility in the Kuzhivila Ward of Attipra Village. Realizing that waiting for a court-issued warrant might tip off the occupants and allow them to flee, the police team drafted an advance search memorandum and executed the raid around 8:30 PM. The search uncovered three Thai women inside the villa. Among them, Siriluck (42) and Sukanya Koonsak (29) produced digital copies of their passports on their mobile phones, which revealed that their visas had expired in April 2025 and August 2025, respectively. Consequently, a case was registered against them under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025. The third woman possessed legitimate documentation and was not booked.
The investigation took a serious turn during the detailed questioning of the detained foreign nationals. The women formally alleged that they had been deceived, trafficked, and systematically exploited by two men, identified as Asif and Adheesh Krishnan (alias Chippu). The victims informed the police that the duo had placed them under immense pressure, forcing them to remain confined within the rented house to carry out immoral activities aimed at generating high financial profits for the accused. Acting swiftly on these statements, the police registered a second criminal case against the duo for human trafficking and exploitation. Both accused were arrested and subsequently remanded into judicial custody by the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, while the police plan to seek their custody to analyze mobile transactions and data.
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തിരുവനന്തപുരത്ത് വിസ കാലാവധി കഴിഞ്ഞ വിദേശ പൗരന്മാർ താമസിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന വിവരത്തെ തുടർന്ന് തുമ്പ പോലീസ് നടത്തിയ റെയ്ഡ് വൻ മനുഷ്യക്കടത്ത് അന്വേഷണത്തിലേക്ക് വഴിമാറി. കട്ടേലയിലെ വാടകവീട്ടിൽ നിന്നും വിസ കാലാവധി കഴിഞ്ഞ രണ്ട് തായ്ലൻഡ് സ്വദേശിനികളെ പോലീസ് കണ്ടെത്തിയിരുന്നു. ഇവരെ ചോദ്യം ചെയ്തപ്പോഴാണ് തങ്ങളെ കബളിപ്പിച്ച് എത്തിച്ച് ധാർമ്മികവിരുദ്ധ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾക്കായി ചൂഷണം ചെയ്യുകയായിരുന്നുവെന്ന് വെളിപ്പെടുത്തിയത്. വനിതകളുടെ മൊഴിയുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യക്കടത്തിന് ആസിഫ്, അധീഷ് കൃഷ്ണൻ എന്നീ രണ്ട് യുവാക്കളെ പോലീസ് അറസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്ത് റിമാൻഡ് ചെയ്തു.
(With inputs from TNIE)
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