GUJRAT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Gujranwala circle claimed to have arrested a member of ‘Jajja network’ from Sialkot who was wanted in December 2024 Greece boat capsize tragedy.

An FIA official said that the agent, Rashid Jajja of Muridky Jajja, Pasrur tehsil of Sialkot district has been arrested in cases number 1108/204 and 1132/24 registered under section 17/22 of Emigration Ordinance (EO) 1979, and 3,6 of PSMA 2018.

The suspect, in connivance with his brother Asif Jijja, allegedly extorted Rs4.93 million from two intending emigrants, Nadeem Ahmed and Qasim Ali, on the pretext of sending them to Italy via Liyba. However, he boarded them on a boat to Greece which capsized. Luckily, Nadeem and Qasim were rescued by Greek authorities and returned to Pakistan, where they filed a complaint against the suspect.

Further investigation from the arrested suspect is underway.

Meanwhile, the immigration wing of the FIA detained a passenger arriving at Sialkot airport from Iraq using suspicious travel documents.

An official source says that during immigration clearance of Flight G9-552, the FIA officials detected a passenger, Muzamal Hussain of Gujranwala, having passport No ZZ6904971, arriving from Iraq on suspicious passport.

During scrutiny of the documents it was found that page No 11/12 of his passport was removed, while page No 25/26 was torn apart.

On interrogation, the passenger disclosed that he had given his passport to an agent, Qasim, of Wazirabad, along with $750, for ticketing, who returned it to him with a ticket after a few days.

The passenger was handed over to the anti-human trafficking cell of the FIA’s Gujranwala circle for necessary action.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2025