Fake passport case: Three among four policemen detained by Telangana CID

Passport and immigration authorities have been informed to take necessary action

Hyderabad:

The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Monday said it has arrested four more people, including three assistant sub-inspectors (ASI), in connection with the fake passport case, taking the total number of arrests to 22.

In addition to the 18 accused arrested earlier, CID officials also arrested four more persons in connection with the fake passport case, taking the total number to 22, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shikha Goel said in a release.

The four arrested include a passport agent and three ASIs working here.

Investigation revealed that in addition to 95 passports issued to Sri Lankan illegal immigrants, 30 passports were also issued in the same manner, bringing the total number of passports to 125.

Passport and immigration authorities have been informed to take necessary action at the end, she said, adding that investigations were still ongoing to collect evidence of the fraud and arrest other related accused.

On January 19 this year, CID officers conducted simultaneous raids at different locations in Telangana province including Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and arrested 12 accused, including those engaged in graphic The main defendants in the design and printing work were nine agents engaged in processing. The Criminal Investigation Department earlier said it issued passports to foreigners and two special branch officers who had false documents.

Regarding the modus operandi, the CID later said that the main accused from Hyderabad agreed to the procedure and formed a gang of agents after being questioned by agents in Chennai as he was in the process of issuing Indian passports to foreigners Forged documents.

The CID said the Chennai agents gave the names of passport applicants to the main accused and after making fake documents, he registered the location in the name of the candidate and informed the former, who flew the candidate to Hyderabad .

The defendants also allegedly managed a number of NSA officers to handle police verification efforts.

The CID had earlier said that the main accused and his associates had processed more than 100 passports.

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