Indian-origin man held in US for death of Gujarati family

New York, February 26 An Indian-origin man has been arrested in Chicago in connection with an investigation into a January 2022 human smuggling incident in which a family of four from Gujarat, including two children, was found frozen to death...

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Updated At : 12:16 PM Feb 27, 2024 IST

New York, February 26

An Indian-origin man has been arrested in Chicago in connection with an investigation into a January 2022 human smuggling incident in which a family of four from Gujarat, including two children, was found frozen to death while attempting to enter the US from Canada illegally.

Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel has been arrested by authorities from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and will appear for a detention hearing on February 28. Patel has been charged with the criminal offence of “transportation of illegal alien and conspiracy to bring and attempt to bring an illegal alien to the United States”.

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