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Last Updated: February 23, 2024, 16:13 IST
Gujrant Singh hails from Datta village in Monga district, Punjab.
The individual in query, a lineman for Punjab’s Electricity Department, allegedly acknowledged his involvement within the rip-off.
The IGI Airport police apprehended a Punjab-based agent concerned in a counterfeit visa and passport rip-off. The police had been tipped off concerning the agent by an nameless supply on the IGI Police Station. The arrested particular person is Gurjant Singh, aged 54, son of Mahinder Singh, residing in Salempur, Sangrur, Punjab.
Following an investigation of an incident involving a passenger named Rajinder Singh, authorities took motion. Singh had arrived at IGI Airport from Jordan by way of Sharjah and tried to undergo immigration with a faux passport. This raised considerations forcing authorities in his detention by airport authorities.
The inquiry uncovered Gurjant Singh’s involvement as a key participant within the plot and a community that allowed for unauthorised journey. The Delhi Police workforce was important to find the offender after earlier makes an attempt to apprehend him had failed.
The individual in query, a lineman for Punjab’s Electricity Department, allegedly acknowledged his involvement within the rip-off. He revealed that he was pressured to commit crimes by monetary incentives. The accused was detained in a case that was filed in January 2021 and concerned a number of sections of the Passport Act and the Indian Penal Code that handled conspiracy, fraud and deception.
According to the police, the accused, together with different brokers, exploited those that had been seeking to journey abroad by promising their passage in alternate for a large sum of cash. After extra investigation, it was discovered that passports had been obtained for individuals who couldn’t journey overseas resulting from authorized or monetary constraints.
During the investigation, Gujrant Singh disclosed that he hails from Datta village in Monga district, Punjab. He admitted to following the directions of Ashok and Sukhwinder, throughout their assembly in China.
A workforce was led by Inspector Mohit Yadav adopted by Sub Inspector Yogendra, Head Constable Bunty Yadav and Lady Constable Suman.
Previously, the IGI Airport Police workforce cordoned off the railway station and apprehended the feminine suspect, Rajvinder. Rajvinder Kaur, a resident of Moga district in Punjab, has been recognized because the accused within the case. She was declared a proclaimed offender after the case was registered on July 25, 2009.
The IGI Airport Police introduced that Rajvinder’s husband, Sukhdev Singh and Ashok may even be arrested quickly.
