FAISALABAD: After months of investigation, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed to have arrested the main suspect responsible for the Greece boat tragedy.
According to the details, the individual, named Atiq Butt, is the key operative of a gang involved in human trafficking from Pakistan.
During the investigation, it was revealed that a total of Rs 6.7 million of human trafficking was transferred to Atiq’s bank account.
Meanwhile, the FIA also found evidence of Atiq’s connection with the human trafficker allegedly involved in the Greece boat tragedy.
A case was registered against the accused individual; however, the FIA is conducting raids to arrest the other accomplices.
Following the incident, the then prime minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities concerned to hold an inquiry into the human trafficking that led to the tragic incident of migrants shipwreck near Greece with several Pakistani nationals onboard.
