The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has geared up its investigations into a racket involved in 'trafficking' Nepali girls who were jointly rescued by Indian police and Nepal's embassy in New Delhi two weeks back. Twenty-seven Nepali girls who were rescued from Mahilpalpur in New Delhi were sent back to Nepal on Tuesday by the Nepali embassy for further investigations. The Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Welfare handed the girls over to CIB in order to identify their destinations and the kingpins and agents involved in the racket. “We have begun enquires and detailed investigations will be expedited once the related documents from India are obtained and the girls themselves are mentally prepared to face us,” said CIB director, DIG Hemanta Malla. During preliminary investigations, police established that the girls' passports had been stamped by Nepal immigration though they had used a land route to travel to India. The girls are also found to have spent only Rs 5,000 to 10,000, leaving the authorities suspecting that they were about to be trafficked to different destinations via on-arrival visas. Suspicious of the activities of agents at the Indira Gandhi International Airport immigration in New Delhi, Indian security had initiated investigations followed by the arrest of Bishnu Tamang, 25, Ishwari Neupane, 33, and two Air India staffers. Neupane is found to have been involved in trafficking-related activities in the past. The embassy, after verification of the identities of the girls rescued from South West Delhi, handed them over to the Nepal government. Police had raided several places in Mahipalpur, recovering fake immigration documents from the arrested agents. “The females aged 20-35 years looked very innocent and were ignorant about their real destinations,” CIB spokesperson SP Kiran Bajracharya said. A few of the girls were not happy with their repatriation as some friends abroad had spoken to them over the phone about new jobs and handsome salaries, he added. Most of the girls hail from Gorkha, Sindhupalchok, Nuwakot, Kavre, Khotang, Rupandehi, Solukhumbu, Dhading, and Chitwan. Indian police had surmised that the girls were about to be trafficked to the Middle East, Kenya, and Tanzania. Many girls and children were rescued and some traffickers arrested in recent weeks following the devastating earthquake. The girls were sent to Maiti Nepal for rehabilitation.