The Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) of the Nepal Police on Friday nabbed two absconding members of a racket involved in trafficking Nepali girls to dance bars in Africa and Gulf countries. Following complaints by victimized girls, the CIB under "operation eagle" had intensified search for the racketeers. It had arrested seven persons involved in girls trafficking in March and one in April.
The two arrested on Friday are Surendra Bahadur Basnet, 32, of Pipara Simara of Bara district and Sunil Magar, 20, aka Jire of Dharampur, Jhapa. Tipped off by a special source, Basnet was arrested from Gadhimai Municipality and Magar from Narsingh chowk of Thamel in Kathmandu.
