A 37-year old woman, allegedly involved in the trafficking of girls in East Asian countries, has been arrested by the police on arrival from Bangkok at the N S C B international airport.

According to an airport official, the woman had produced the fake passport after her arrival from the Air India Express Bangkok-Kolkata flight. The woman alias Jyoti Rana alias Nisha Sharma alias Meherunnisa is a Delhi resident.

The incident took place at Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport in Kolkata. A Port Blair-bound Air India flight took off without 25 passengers. All the 25 passengers had confirmed their tickets but the plane did not have the sitting capacity for them.