The petition claimed that several offences may have been committed under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the Foreigners Act, the Passport Act, and other relevant statutes.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday (CBI) has arrested two accused, including a Junior Passport Assistant working at the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK), Lower Parel, Mumbai, and an agent, in connection with a corruption case involving the issuance of passports based on fake documents
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key aide of the dreaded Lawrence Bishnoi gang who was helping members of the syndicate with fake passports to evade arrest by fleeing the country, the agency said on Friday.
This year, the Delhi Police IGI Airport Unit broke various fake passport syndicates operating across India. As of now, 19 foreign nationals, including 12 Bangladeshi nationals, and 23 agents, including one Bangladeshi national, have been arrested for flying on fake passports or visas.
As per officials, the arrested accused, identified as Harsh alias Chintu (22), along with his accomplice Sanjeev Dahiya, had killed two rival gang members, Sonu Tehlan and Ashish Tehlan, at a salon in Najafgarh in February 2024. He had fled India using a fake passport, but after a tip-off an
Days after four people were arrested from Bengaluru Rural for allegedly possessing fake Indian passports, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara claimed that some more Pakistani people were staying here and they will also be arrested.
A Bangladeshi youth illegally living in India has been arrested at Mumbai airport.
Mumbai police arrested the accused on Monday at the airport when he was going to Dubai with the help of fake documents, said the police.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor has accorded sanction for prosecution of 11 persons including agents and others accused in the cases of obtaining passports and travel documents by furnishing false and forged documents, on the basis of cases made out against each of them under the provisions of the
According to senior officials, searches are underway at around 50 locations, including Kolkata, Gangtok, Siliguri, and other locations since last evening. A senior superintendent of Passport Seva Laghu Kendras (PSLK) in Siliguri, along with a middleman, has been apprehended.