Three Agents Arrested For Allegedly Duping People On Pretext Of Arranging Visa: Delhi Police

Three agents are arrested for allegedly duping people on the pretext of getting them documents to travel abroad, said a Delhi police official.

The three accused have been identified as Amrinder Singh (29), Jasvir Kaur (33) and Satpal Singh (330, all are residents of Punjab, said the Delhi Police.

Official statements

Speaking to the news agency PTI, deputy commissioner of police (Airport) Devesh Kumar Mahla said, they were arrested from Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib districts of Punjab.

The case was registered on the complaint of immigration officials alleging that one passenger –Balram of Sirma in Haryana—arrived from Dubai and was handed over to them by the airline staff, police said.

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Investigation

During the investigation, it was found that the passenger had departed from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on April 28 for Dubai based on a UAE permit issued in the name of Balram, however, he was refused entry, the officer said.

Moreover, the police said, online visa verification revealed that the permit was issued to another person.

Taking notes from the investigation, the three accused involved in sending people abroad on fake travel documents were arrested. The trio was involved in arranging fake visas for people to go to Dubai for jobs.

They were primarily targeting people in rural areas of Haryana and Punjab, the police said. Seven other such agents have been arrested in seven cases in the last month.

Also, 42 cases have been registered against touts in which 63 touts were arrested and 31 vehicles seized in April, the police added.