Crackdown on 'donkey route' racket: ED raids 13 locations across Punjab, Haryana and Delhi
As many as 330 Indians were deported from the US through a military cargo plane in February 2025
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is carrying out searches at 13 business and residential premises across Punjab, Haryana and Delhi in connection with the ‘donkey route’ case, in which 330 Indians had been deported from the US through a military cargo plane in February 2025.
During an earlier ED Investigation, it was found that the deported Indians were sent to the US through the ‘donkey route’, which was facilitated through a complex chain of travel agents, middlemen, overseas associates, Hawala operators, lodging and other logistics arrangement providers.
Earlier, during two searches conducted by ED and other evidences gathered during investigation had revealed names of second and third layer persons involved in the chain. These persons have been covered in today’s search.
Persons and entities being covered in today's raids are Richi Travels Jalandhar, Tarun Khosla Delhi, Balwan Sharma of Panipat.
Recently, ED had attached assets worth Rs 5.41 crore related to persons who had generated proceeds of crime by sending people abroad illegally through the route.
