Investigators soon unraveled a network of agents staying in Gujarat, Bihar, UP a

nd other states before being led to the kingpin. "The agents brought minor child
ren to Bengaluru where they were paired with couples who feigned to be their par
ents. The children were put up in the houses of these couples. The racketeers tr
ained the children and couples on how to conduct themselves as members of the sa
me family," P Harishekaran, additional commissioner, law and order, (East) said.
Even as the training was under way, another leg of the racket prepared documents
like rental agreements, birth certificates, voter ID cards and ration cards and
applied for passports to these fake family members, he added.Investigators soon
unraveled a network of agents staying in Gujarat, Bihar, UP and other states be
fore being led to the kingpin. "The agents brought minor children to Bengaluru w
here they were paired with couples who feigned to be their parents. The children
were put up in the houses of these couples. The racketeers trained the children
and couples on how to conduct themselves as members of the same family," P Hari
shekaran, additional commissioner, law and order, (East) said.
Even as the training was under way, another leg of the racket prepared documents
like rental agreements, birth certificates, voter ID cards and ration cards and
applied for passports to these fake family members, he added.Investigators soon
unraveled a network of agents staying in Gujarat, Bihar, UP and other states be
fore being led to the kingpin. "The agents brought minor children to Bengaluru w
here they were paired with couples who feigned to be their parents. The children
were put up in the houses of these couples. The racketeers trained the children
and couples on how to conduct themselves as members of the same family," P Hari
shekaran, additional commissioner, law and order, (East) said.
Even as the training was under way, another leg of the racket prepared documents
like rental agreements, birth certificates, voter ID cards and ration cards and
applied for passports to these fake family members, he added.