Athens: A boat of people trying to cross Italy illegally after paying agents 2.3 million rupees for their best future capsized in Greece, leaving hundreds missing and the death toll rising. An investigation by the International Broadcasting Corporation revealed that the incident was caused by the criminal negligence of the Greek Coast Guard.
Investigative reports by British broadcasters and newspapers have revealed that the boat accident was caused by gross negligence on the part of the Greek coast guards, otherwise human lives could have been saved.
The British broadcaster BBC has claimed that the Greek coastguards’ criminal negligence has been exposed in the boat accident, which evidence has also been obtained, and the Greek authorities did not respond when contacted.
According to the report, the boat headed towards Italy until shortly before the accident, while the Greek coast guards refused to help. Kirk continued to seek help from the Coast Guard.
The BBC report revealed that at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, the European Border Force spotted the boat for the first time and informed the Greek authorities about it. At the direction of the Guard, the crew provided food and water to the stricken boat, the Coast Guard recovered the boat half an hour later with the help of a helicopter.
In the initial statement, the Greek authorities claimed that the boat entered through a certain route and was seen in the distance, while the photo taken by the Greek authorities clearly showed that the boat was not moving. Greek authorities later claimed that when they tried to inspect the boat, the boatmen removed the rope.
According to a BBC report, the migrant boat sank at 11 pm.
On the other hand, in the report of the British newspaper The Guardian, based on the statements of the survivors, it has been revealed that 6 Pakistanis had already lost their lives before the boat sank, the people in the boat were screaming and shouting for help. However, the Pakistanis were kept in the most dangerous part of the boat and were not even given food or water while the people in the boat called for help from the Coast Guard but no one heard their cries.
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According to maritime experts, the Greek authorities did not immediately start the rescue operation that led to the horrific accident, while the timely action of the coast guard could have saved many lives. had gone.
Officials have expressed fear that the number of Pakistanis on board the boat could be up to four hundred, while Greek authorities rescued 104 people, including twelve Pakistanis.
There are more than fifty families in Punjab’s Gujarat region whose loved ones lost their lives during this ill-fated journey, while more than 100 families in Gujranwala are also waiting for good news.
So far, more than 100 people from Gujranwala and 21 people from Azad Kashmir have been confirmed missing.
7 FIRs registered against the agents after the accident
FIA registered 7 cases against human agents in Gujarat and Gujranwala in view of Yunnan boat accident, in Gujarat the case was registered against survivor Azmat Khan while FIA filed against ten Pakistani survivors. Also confirmed the contact.
According to Director FIA, ten agents have been arrested, while the mastermind agents are already in jails, Interpol has been contacted to arrest the accused abroad who are connected with the network.
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FIA Gujranwala has formed 7 teams to arrest agents involved in human trafficking.
Apart from this, FIA Gujranwala filed a complaint against Agent Zafar in the case of the missing youth’s father. The plaintiff stated that Zafar asked for Rs 23 lakh to send my son to Italy, received Rs 10 lakh twice and Rs 3 lakh the third time.
According to the FIR, the agent had assured to send the complainant’s son from Dubai to Libya and then to Italy. Agent Zafar is a resident of Tehsil Nowshera.
FIA contacts 10 survivors
On the other hand, Director FIA confirmed that 10 of the 12 survivors of the Greece boat accident have been contacted, and after receiving information from them, 47 families in Pakistan have been contacted and informed about the situation. .
He said that a total of 7 FIRs have been filed against the agents involved in the Yunan accident, four agents have been arrested while the masterminds are already in jails.
Route of human traffickers
According to Director FIA, the route that came up is via Dubai, Libya and then to Italy. The boat was going to Italy, but in the meantime the boat broke down in the borders of Greece, which caused the accident. People go to Libya, then cross into Italy illegally.
He said that due to the difficulty of land route, agents send people through sea route. Director FIA said that Interpol has also been contacted to arrest the accused.
According to FIA, the agents charge 5 to 7 thousand dollars to send to Italy. The agents arrested so far have been identified as Talha, Shahzeb, Waqas, Sajid Mehmood and Shabbir, against whom four more cases have been registered, three in Gujarat and one in Gujranwala. .
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Three of these cases were registered on the basis of the statements of surviving Pakistanis, while one case was registered on the complaint of the brother of Azmat Khan, a surviving citizen.
According to the statement, 12 human traffickers have been named in the 4 cases registered in Gujarat, while the names of five human traffickers have been included in the cases registered in Gujranwala, including Asif Sanyara, Mian Irfan, Sajid Waraich, Rasht, Rana Naqash. , Nadeem Aslam, Muhammad Aslam, are included.
The FIA, on the identification of the victim’s family, has arrested a key agent in the Greece boat accident so far who was charging Rs 2.3 lakh per person to send the youth to Italy.
A young resident of Jardanwala is also missing in Yunan boat accident
Rehman Ali, a resident of Chuck No. 65, Jardanwala, was also on board the ill-fated boat, whose family was last contacted on June 8. According to the family, Gujranwala agent Shehzad Bhatti sent Rehman from Pakistan on February 14. Received a total of 27 lakh rupees from Rehman Ali.
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