Seventh arrest in Bengal fake passport racket case, helped illegal Bangladeshi nationals
This is the seventh arrest from the state made in the case. The arrested agent has been identified as Manoj Gupta.
Another key accused in the fake birth certificate and passport case was intercepted last night from neighbouring Hooghly district, leading to five subsequent arrests in a fortnight. “He’s the kingpin and mastermind,” police said.
The cyber fraudsters, as the East Burdwan police busted, had floated a counterfeit website that they used as a tool for passport registration and forging birth certificates against payments. Rinka Das, a resident of Burdwan town had applied for a passport and the intelligence department of East Burdwan police was forwarded the application. After the hospital informed the police that the certificate was fake, the police began a probe.
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“Bhaskar was the mastermind and key player in making fake documents. We’ve arrested him on Monday night from his residence,” said Sayok Das, SP, East Burdwan.
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