'Allowed 2 Bangladeshis to use his home for money': Delhi hotel owner Lavkesh Bajaj under scanner for international human trafficking

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police is now investigating Lovkesh Bajaj, whose B&B went up in flames and led to 21 deaths in Hauz Rani, for his suspected involvement in an international human trafficking racket. He likely used medical tourism as a front to smuggle foreign nationals into India illegally, sources said.

Bajaj was arrested and charged in 2025 by Paharganj police after it was found that he facilitated forged documents, including passports and Aadhaar cards, for a Bangladeshi family in lieu of a hefty amount. Special CP Devesh Srivastava confirmed the development. A case was registered at Paharganj police station on Jan 29, 2025 during the drive against illegals.



Cops suspect that Bajaj was using his home besides his B&Bs to shelter illegal foreigners. Neighbours told cops that they often saw foreigners at his Saket residence.

Bajaj allowed two women to use his residential address for money: Cops

There were two Bangladeshi nationals at the centre of that (Paharganj, 2025) case — Sweety Sarkar and her daughter Pushpo — who were found to be illegally residing on the third floor of a property in Paharganj,” said a police officer. Both were found in possession of fraudulently obtained Indian documents that had allowed them to blend into the city undetected for an undisclosed period of time.

Sweety was using aliases like Beauty Hawladar and Johra Khatoon in the documents and Pushpo was using different surnames like Hawaldar and Akhtar.

Investigators had found that Sweety Sarkar had listed an address in B block, Chhatarpur Enclave, while applying for an Indian passport. The address was traced back to Lovekesh Bajaj.

During interrogation, Bajaj had revealed that he had allowed the two women to use his residential address in exchange for monetary consideration.

Police had subsequently arrested Bajaj along with Sweety and Pushpo and a chargesheet was filed before a court. Bajaj and others were sent to two weeks judicial custody and later got out on bail.

Central Delhi police have shared the case documents with south district police, who are probing the Hauz Rani fire.
Police are now working to establish whether Bajaj’s role extended beyond providing a postal address, and whether he served as a local facilitator for a broader racket smuggling foreign nationals into India.
The cops have sought CCTV footage of the vicinity of his B&B and home.

An IPDR (internet protocol details records) analysis is being conducted to confirm his links and communications in this regard. “His phone has been seized and sent for forensic analysis,” an investigator said.