FIA busts 'major' human smuggling group linked to Turbat incident

GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Tuesday seven people in the city’s Sadoke area suspected to be involved in smuggling of people whose bullet-riddled bodies were found in Turbat last week.

The suspects include four people hailing from Balochistan.

The FIA recovered 142 Pakistan passports, latest electronic machines and various other documents from the suspects.

Turbat killings: FIA arrests suspected human smuggler from Gujrat

Suspect’s Germany-based brother, Humayun Shakil, also ran the human smuggling business in coordination with the arrested suspect

According to FIA Deputy Director Khalid Anis, the suspects were involved in smuggling of people via Iraq, Iran and Pakistan to Europe.

The main accused, Husnain, was found to be in contact with a wanted suspect, Akhtar Meo, involved in the Turbat killing incident.

In a separate operation in Gujrat, the FIA arrested a facilitator of Sohail Shakeel, another suspect in the incident who was nabbed a day earlier from the city.

Authorities have made a number of arrests in Quetta and parts of Punjab after the Turbat incident.

Bodies of five men found in Turbat sent to their hometown

Five bullet-riddled bodies were found in Tajban, Turbat on Saturday

On November 15, fifteen bodies were found in Buleda area of Turbat tehsil in Kech district of Balochistan. The bodies bore bullet wounds and were of people from different parts of Punjab, including Mandi Bahauddin, Gujranwala, Gujrat and Sialkot.

Two days later, five more bodies were found in the same tehsil at a short distance from the same spot.