Dingucha deaths: ED attaches bank accounts of agent

Ahmedabad: The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Ahmedabad zonal office on Tuesday attached bank accounts with a balance of Rs 19 lakh, along with ‘incriminating documents, digital devices, and two vehicles' belonging to Bhavesh Ashokbhai Patel, one of the accused in the deaths of four family members from Dingucha in Gandhinagar on the Canada-US border in Jan 2022.
ED's social media account on Tuesday evening mentioned, ‘ED, Ahmedabad conducted search operations on Dec 10, 2024, and Dec 19, 2024, under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, at eight locations in Mumbai, Nagpur, Gandhinagar and Vadodara as part of the ongoing probe in the case of Bhavesh Ashokbhai Patel and others (Dingucha case) for hatching a well-planned conspiracy to send the victims/persons to the USA through Canada via illegal channels, thereby committing the offence of human trafficking.'
Local investigators mentioned that Patel was among the three – Yogesh Patel, Bhavesh Patel, and Dashrath Chaudhary – who were reportedly working with Bharat Patel alias Bobby, the primary agent who sent Jagdish Patel and his family to Canada to illegally cross the border into the US.
The family of four froze to death in the attempt. The three were arrested by the city crime branch in connection with the case.