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.
In a major breakthrough, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police arrested three persons allegedly involved in procuring and providing passports on fake particulars to gangsters/criminals of Punjab and other states to facilitate their escape from the country.
Mumbai Police said the two accused arrested were earlier arrested for similar offences in Delhi. They were released from jail and started the same work in Mumbai.
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Delhi Police have arrested six accused persons, including five foreign nationals for allegedly operating a fake passport racket. A total of 27 forged passports have also been seized, the police informed on Friday.
New Delhi/Chandigarh, March 10 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday searched properties linked to Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with money laundering and fake passport racket cases, officials said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The Crime Branch of Mumbai Police arrested three gang members, who allegedly used to send people on fake passports and forged documents to foreign countries, here on Saturday.
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Feb.22 (ANI): A fake passport racket was busted by the North 24 Parganas district police in Barasat on Wednesday.