Third BSP MP being questioned by police in 'kabutarbazi' scam

New Delhi, May 17 (UNI) Questioning of one of the two MPs, who were asked by the Delhi Police yesterday to appear before it for 'cooperation' into the human trafficking racket, began here this morning at the R K Puram office of Crime Branch in South Delhi.

Mohammad Tahir Khan, BSP MP from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, arrived at the Crime Branch office at about 1140 hrs, according to official sources.

''Questioning of the parliamentarian began soon after by the top sleuths of the Crime Branch,'' they said.

Another MP, Ramswaroop Koli (BJP parliamentarian from Bayana in Rajasthan), who too was asked to appear today for his alleged involvement into the high-profile trafficking scam, hasn't reached there till now, sources added.

On May 14, two other MPs -- Mitrasen Yadav (MP from Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh) and Ashok Rawat (MP from Misrikh, UP) -- had been questioned for over one hour by Crime Branch sleuths in the presence of top officials, including an Additional Commissioner, a DCP and an ACP.

All the four MPs had been named by an accused in the human trafficking racket and intimated thrice with police notices to 'cooperate' in the investigations.

Police sought their 'cooperation' after a travel agent, Sunder Lal Yadav, during probe into the trafficking scam revealed in a city court last month that Mohammad Tahir Khan and Ramswaroop Koli were key elements in the smuggling racket involving sending people abroad through forged documents or on diplomatic passports of the MPs' family members.

Initially the Delhi Police had sent notices to the four MPs on April 23 to which they replied seeking more time to 'appear' for investigations due to busy campaigning schedules in view of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

UNI