CHENNAI: Armed with knowledge of the loopholes, thanks to the latest generation, and in cahoots with executive officers, fraudsters within the city can now ‘issue’ unique passports. Only the person carrying it's faux.
Sleuths of the central crime department of police just lately busted a deep-rooted passport racket that has been operating for more than three many years. Police have detained 10 other folks under the Goondas Act. They picked up four extra on Friday.
The racket, most commonly catering to Sri Lankan Tamils searching for to fly in another country, had the involvement of shuttle brokers, team of workers from the intelligence wing and postal department. The racket helped international nationals procure an unique passport for Rs three lakh to Rs 5lakh.
The collusion of officers surfaced following apprehension of constable K Murugan, 49, from the intelligence wing on July 10 and postman Dhanasekaran, 56, who labored for just about three many years within the postal department, an afternoon later. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the 2 at the side of a few shuttle brokers had helped more than 15 other folks, who didn’t possess any legitimate cope with and id proof, get unique passports. They took Rs 1,000 each and every to get passports to random other folks.
This has blown the lid off a larger network primarily based in Chennai. An investigation officer said, "Racketeers helped many Sri Lankan Tamils, who failed to go to Australia through illegal routes, get passports."
Besides exploiting loopholes within the programs, racketeers additionally grease the hands of officers chargeable for verifying paperwork.
Police arrested CRPF constable R Christopher, 40, and S Manivannan,41, on May eight in reference to the racket. Christopher used to be posted as a counter officer on the Chennai airport on deputation for 6 months whilst Manivannan used to be a temporary peon on the administrative administrative center within the airport.
Another police officer said, "Racketeers use their network to bribe the immigration officials, police intelligence officials and postal officials to get a new passport. They don’t need to tamper with the security features of the passport."
A police officer who is a part of the the case said, "The disturbing trend is found not only in Chennai. Racketeers are targeting places wherever they can use the officials, even on the outskirts of the city."
Once passport is secured, a person, assisted by racketeers, approaches embassies and consulates of nations like Australia, The UK and Canada to get visa by submitting faux paperwork.
Sleuths of the central crime department of police just lately busted a deep-rooted passport racket that has been operating for more than three many years. Police have detained 10 other folks under the Goondas Act. They picked up four extra on Friday.
The racket, most commonly catering to Sri Lankan Tamils searching for to fly in another country, had the involvement of shuttle brokers, team of workers from the intelligence wing and postal department. The racket helped international nationals procure an unique passport for Rs three lakh to Rs 5lakh.
The collusion of officers surfaced following apprehension of constable K Murugan, 49, from the intelligence wing on July 10 and postman Dhanasekaran, 56, who labored for just about three many years within the postal department, an afternoon later. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the 2 at the side of a few shuttle brokers had helped more than 15 other folks, who didn’t possess any legitimate cope with and id proof, get unique passports. They took Rs 1,000 each and every to get passports to random other folks.
This has blown the lid off a larger network primarily based in Chennai. An investigation officer said, "Racketeers helped many Sri Lankan Tamils, who failed to go to Australia through illegal routes, get passports."
Besides exploiting loopholes within the programs, racketeers additionally grease the hands of officers chargeable for verifying paperwork.
Police arrested CRPF constable R Christopher, 40, and S Manivannan,41, on May eight in reference to the racket. Christopher used to be posted as a counter officer on the Chennai airport on deputation for 6 months whilst Manivannan used to be a temporary peon on the administrative administrative center within the airport.
Another police officer said, "Racketeers use their network to bribe the immigration officials, police intelligence officials and postal officials to get a new passport. They don’t need to tamper with the security features of the passport."
A police officer who is a part of the the case said, "The disturbing trend is found not only in Chennai. Racketeers are targeting places wherever they can use the officials, even on the outskirts of the city."
Once passport is secured, a person, assisted by racketeers, approaches embassies and consulates of nations like Australia, The UK and Canada to get visa by submitting faux paperwork.
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