Inspector Mehar Tasneem failed to alert airport authorities about possibility of Cherinka Aksan’s escape. PHOTO: FILE
A top Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official has suspended an investigator for negligence in the case of the Uzbek girl who violated her bail and fled Pakistan two weeks ago.
Talking to The Express Tribune, official sources said FIA Islamabad Zone Director Inam Ghani suspended Inspector Mehar Tasneem of the agency’s Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) after it was learnt that her negligence had allowed the Uzbek girl, Cherinka Aksan, to escape.
According to the sources, Ghani had ordered a departmental inquiry under the supervision of AHTC Assistant Director Babar Khan to find out how Aksan managed to fly back to Uzbekistan while on bail. The inquiry, they said, revealed that Tasneem never requested the interior ministry to put Aksan’s name on the exit control list (ECL) and failed to caution airport authorities against the possibility of her escape.
A show cause notice was then issued to Tasneem on the basis of the report. After being provided a chance to explain her position, she was suspended on Thursday.
FIA arrested Aksan along with seven other Uzbek girls following a raid in an upscale Islamabad neighbourhood on February 17. A case was registered against them after they failed to produce any valid documents to verify the reason for their stay in the country.
The eight Uzbek girls secured bail last month. Aksan, however, violated the bail and fled back to Uzbekistan on March 25.The names of the other seven girls were subsequently placed on the ECL.
Earlier, on January 30, two other Uzbek girls – Svetlana Yashkina and Allina Gilayzova – entered Pakistan without undergoing immigration after being assisted by some FIA immigration officials. The human trafficking gang could not be traced despite the lapse of three months. The interior ministry suspended five immigration officers over the incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 12th, 2014.
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its unfortunate to see how human traffickers have a field day in these countries - uzbekistan, uae, pakistan ... very little regard for human rights
Just legalise whatever these nice ladies do and tax them.
It would be good to publish names of these rings operating in Islam a bad who bring in a variety of women from Turkey and other CIS states.
This FIA lady should be prosecuted. This is an act of criminal negligance.
And now the the report in FIA higher ups will brush it under the rug or throw it to the gusty winds. The case will be FORGOTTEN and all will be smiling including the courts OR relax with a sigh of relief, so they don't have to pass a sentence. Salams
Human Trafficking? No. These women have been allowed entrance to Pakistan by the highest officials for what we all know they want to do. No such thing as human trafficking. Get hold of FIA/Immigration people and they will reveal.
Maybe she knew too much or someone so was allowed to escape.