NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on Saturday denied media studies suggesting that its group carried out a raid in McLeodganj, Himachal Pradesh in reference to the safety of Dalai Lama or any Khalistani terror financing case on Friday.In a pointy clarification, the NIA mentioned the search carried out in McLeodganj on Friday was solely associated to an ongoing investigation right into a human trafficking case dubbed the ‘US Donkey Route’ community, a technique used to illegally ship folks to america by way of a number of international locations.“The search had no connection both with HH Dalai Lama or with any case associated to Khalistani terrorists, and studies on the contrary in a piece of the media are utterly false,” the company mentioned in a press release.Two extra traffickers arrested in Friday’s raidsEarlier, the NIA confirmed that two accused traffickers had been arrested through the searches carried out concurrently in Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. The accused had been recognized as Sunny alias Sunny Donker, a resident of Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh and Shubham Sandhal alias Deep Hundi, initially from Ropar, Punjab, at the moment residing in Peeragarhi, Delhi. Each are reportedly shut associates of Gagandeep Singh alias Goldy, a key accused who was earlier arrested in March this 12 months. The native police had been duly knowledgeable and accompanied the NIA group through the McLeodganj operation, the company mentioned.Rs 45 lakh per sufferer for unlawful entry to USBased on NIA’s investigation, the accused charged victims as much as Rs 45 lakh every, promising authorized entry into the US. As an alternative, they despatched them on perilous journeys throughout a number of international locations together with Spain, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico.Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Tilak Nagar in Delhi, had already been chargesheeted on June 27. He’s believed to have trafficked over 100 people to the US earlier than his arrest.The case got here to mild after a sufferer was deported from the US again to India earlier this 12 months and filed a criticism with authorities.