The Hon’ble Court Found Guilty 9 Sri Lankan Nationals Who Attempted To Enter Canada By Defrauding Indian Immigration

With the arrest of one high-profile agent, the team of PS IGI Airport has busted an immigration racket and succeeded in solving a case vide FIR No. 537/2023 dated September 3, 2023, U/S 419/420 IPC and 12 PP Act, PS IGI Airport, Delhi. In continuation of its stringent drive against the agents involved in immigration fraud, the team at IGI Airport has been successful in arresting 10 more agents in eight different cases in the last month. Further, in 103 cases involving PS IGI Airport, accused persons were convicted by the Hon’ble Court in 2023 with the professional manner of IOs.

Incident and Investigation

A case FIR No. 537/2023 u/s 419/420 IPC & 12 PP Act was registered at PS IGI Airport on the complaint of BOI staff, wherein it was alleged that one Indian passenger, namely Deepak Verma, holding Emergency Certificate Number X0722358 with stamp No. A-2-536, was deported from London at IGI Airport, New Delhi, by Flight No. UK-018 and handed over to the Deportee Cell by concerned airlines for immigration clearance. During immigration clearance, his last departure details were neither found in the UCF nor could pax reveal the passport details on which he traveled to London, indicating that pax traveled on someone else’s passport. On the complaint of immigration officials, the above-mentioned case FIR was registered, and the investigation was taken up.

Details of the Accused Arrested

Barinder Singh (aged 30 years) S/o Sh. Jaspal Singh R/o Uchi Rurki, P.O. Machrai Kalan, P.S. Amloh, Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab He is involved in sending people abroad through illegal means. Further, the IGI Airport unit is committed to its pledge to take stringent action against agents involved in immigration fraud and to protect people from being duped by fake immigration agencies. Apart from the above-mentioned agent, 10 other agents have been arrested in seven different cases in the last month.

Nine Sri Lankan Nationals and two agents who were arrested in Case FIR No. 534/2023 dated 28.05.2023 u/s 420/120B IPC PS IGI Airport were convicted by the Hon’ble Trial Court with the professional investigation of I0. Further, accused persons arrested in 103 cases of PS IGI Airport were convicted by the Hon’ble Court in the year 2023 with the professional manner of IOs.