The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided at least 10 locations across India, including Thiruvananthapuram, against visa consultancy firms and travel agencies for sending impressionable youth for employment in potentially dangerous jobs in the war-ravaged Russia-Ukraine border.
According to State police, the CBI has seized incriminating documents and cash estimated at ₹50 lakh from the targets of the raids. They included Shara Travel agency in Thiruvananthapuram. The CBI also almost simultaneously raided travel agencies in other parts of the country, including Tamil Nadu.
The CBI raided Overseas Foundation, KG Marg, New Delhi and its director Suyash Mukund; O.S.D. Bros Travels & Visa Services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, and its director Rakesh Pandey; Adventure Visa Services Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh, and its director Manjeet Singh Baba; Vlogs Overseas Recruitment Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Dubai, and its director Faisal Abdul Mutalib Khan.