Uzbek woman denied bail by court in human trafficking case

An Uzbek woman, allegedly involved in human trafficking, was today denied bail by a Delhi court on the ground that the charges against her were serious.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pooja Talwar dismissed the bail plea of Khakimova Lola Farmonova, who was detained at Goa airport on August 9 on a request of provisional detention by Republic of Uzbekistan.
"The charges levelled against the accused are serious in nature. She is allegedly involved in human trafficking. Formal request is still awaited from Uzbekistan. Hence, the bail application is dismissed," the court said.
Union of India, through its advocate N K Matta, opposed Farmonova's bail plea on the ground that she was been charged with serious offences and a formal request from Uzbekistan for her extradition was awaited.

The counsel appearing for Farmonova had told the court that she had been falsely implicated and there was no criminal record against her.
The defence advocate contended that her husband was an Indian national and she would abide by all the conditions imposed by the court.

Farmonova was produced before the court on August 16 after she was detained at Goa airport as she was wanted in Uzbekistan for the offence of human trafficking and a request of her provisional detention was received from Republic of Uzbekistan, for which she was remanded to judicial custody.
The accused was on her way to Dubai via Muscat by an Oman Airlines flight when the Immigration officials stopped her as she was wanted as per the look out circular and the red corner notice issued against her. She was then handed over to the Goa Police.

The woman, who was living in Mumbai, had come to Goa to board the international flight, the police had said.