INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Follow the lights of an American gas station because you will find no navigation available in the dark and extreme weather." These were the
last instructions given to 11 Gujaratis including four of a Patel family from Dingucha of Gandhinagar before they embarked on the deadly
mission to cross into the US from Canada.This was revealed by two illegal immigration agents Bhavesh Patel (30) from Palsana village in
Kalol and Yogesh Pate (42) from Vastrapur in Ahmedabad who were arrested by the city crime branch on Saturday night for their alleged
involvement in sending four of Patel family from Dingucha and seven others to the US illegally
The two alleged human smugglers have been charged with culpable homicide.The arrest comes a year after the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted
Police (RCMP) of Canada discovered bodies of Jagdish Patel (39), Vaishali Patel (37) and their two children - daughter Vihangi Patel (11)
and son Dharmik Patel (3) near Emerson, Manitoba, approximately 12 metres from the Canada-US border.The family had frozen to death in their
daring attempt to take cover of the hostile weather and illegally enter the US
The deaths had triggered shock locally and internationally putting the spotlight back on the rampant illegal immigration driven by desperate
desire to move to foreign shores by paying big bucks to human smugglers
Fenil and Bittu Paji, whose real name was not known to police, are shown absconding in the FIR field with the city crime branch.DCP (crime)
Mandlik said that their agency conducted a secret investigation and arrested Bhavesh and Yogesh Patel based on human intelligence and
Crime branch PSI DB Thakor is the complainant in the case
Mandlik added that primary investigation has revealed that despite knowing that the weather conditions were extreme on the Canada-US border,
the human smugglers asked the 11 illegal immigration aspirants to walk and cross the border which led to the deaths of four from Dingucha
cold citing young children
