Fake passport kingpin nabbed
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.
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.
This is the seventh arrest from the state made in the case. The arrested agent has been identified as Manoj Gupta.
Officials of both the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, probing the fake passport rackets in the state, are trying to track the links of these rackets with those involved in cross-border human trafficking, sources said.
It came to the notice of the airport authorities when a passenger, Jagjeevan, approached the departure immigration clearance desk for Toronto, Canada.
Four persons, who were running the biggest international fake passport and visa rackets, have been arrested by the IGI airport police.
