Kochi, Jan 30: The Crime Branch team investigating the case registered for human trafficking through the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) arrested an airline worker on Monday.
Abdul Hameed Savad, 48, a contract labourer with Saudi Airlines, was arrested by the team led by P.M. Varghese, Dy.SP, Crime Branch, on charges of misusing the documents of passengers.
The accused was employed with Air India as an Arabic translator at CIAL from 2002 till 2008 and then at Saudi Airlines. He also operated a travel agency named Kasab Air Travels at Athani from 1996 to 2002. He used to keep the copies of the passports and photographs of passengers, which he gave to Ajeeb. The latter used these documents to activate mobile phone connections.
Investigations showed that Ajeeb used five different phones while he was on deputation at the immigration wing of the CIAL, of which three were activated using fake documents. Savad was employed to translate the official visa documents issued by Central Asian countries and his closeness with officials at the airport led him to Ajeeb. The investigators are also probing whether Savad had misused more documents other than the ones given to Ajeeb.
Savad was produced before a court and remanded till February 12.
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