Fake passport case: Former police officer arrested
Kolkata Police's detective department conducted search operations across North 24-Parganas and held a former police officer in the fake passport scam.
Kolkata Police's detective department conducted search operations across North 24-Parganas and held a former police officer in the fake passport scam.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) police apprehended 203 offenders, including travel agents and facilitators of illegal immigration, this year in a bid to crack down on visa and passport fraudsters, it said in a statement on Monday.
West Bengal Police, probing the fake passport racket in the state, claimed to have got specific information about its kingpin Samaresh Biswa's network of Bangladeshi agents.
Some employees of Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) in bordering districts of West Bengal were under the scanner of security and intelligence agencies in connection with arranging fake Indian documents, including passports, for Bangladeshi infiltrators.
As per the data released by IGIA police, total 19 foreign nationals caught included 12 from Bangladesh, three each from Myanmar, Nepal and one from Afghanistan.
More activities are becoming available overseas to people who have documents certifying they have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus
Siddhartha Kumar Baraily, Consul, Passport and Attestation, at the Indian Consulate in Dubai said the Indian government had decided to allow its overseas citizens to add their local address in their country of residence mainly to aid those who do not have permanent or valid addresses in India.
It is required to check the vigilance clearance of such government servants for grant of passport, said the order issued by the Personnel Ministry to secretaries of all central government departments.
Indian citizens can apply for the issue of passport both online and offline.
The External Affairs Ministry has initiated discussions with the India Security Press, Nashik, regarding the project for the issue of chip-enabled e-passports to the citizens, he said, addressing a function to mark the 'Passport Seva Divas'.
