HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad police arrested two people including an immigration officer on Thursday inside of days of busting an international human trafficking racket.
A total of 18 individuals, including two staff of different airlines and a constable, have been taken into custody on March 20. This was after 70 people attempted to go to Kuwait with tampered visas.
Police nabbed Mohammed Manzoor Khan, 49, an immigration officer and head constable in Mahbubnagar district and Penigilapati Anjaneyulu Naidu, 52, a go back and forth agent from Mumbai.
According to the police, Manzoor was in central deputation from Mahbubnagar police to the Bureau of immigration. The accused and his affiliate had taken large sums of money to lend a hand overseas travellers get visas without correct paperwork for over two years.
Naidu on the other hand was working a Protector of Emigrants (POE) registered approved go back and forth company, Sairam Travels, in Mumbai. According to the police, the accused would courier passports and access visas to the Kuwaiti Embassy in Mumbai and get passports stamped without POE clearance. These passports would then be sent again to Hyderabad. Police have seized 10 Indian passports from their possession.
After the police busted the faux passport and visa racket, DCP Shamshabad held a meeting at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport with managers of all airlines that have global flights.
N Prakash Reddy, DCP, addressed the meeting and gave information about the recent arrests where two staff of different airlines have been also nabbed.
A total of 18 individuals, including two staff of different airlines and a constable, have been taken into custody on March 20. This was after 70 people attempted to go to Kuwait with tampered visas.
Police nabbed Mohammed Manzoor Khan, 49, an immigration officer and head constable in Mahbubnagar district and Penigilapati Anjaneyulu Naidu, 52, a go back and forth agent from Mumbai.
According to the police, Manzoor was in central deputation from Mahbubnagar police to the Bureau of immigration. The accused and his affiliate had taken large sums of money to lend a hand overseas travellers get visas without correct paperwork for over two years.
Naidu on the other hand was working a Protector of Emigrants (POE) registered approved go back and forth company, Sairam Travels, in Mumbai. According to the police, the accused would courier passports and access visas to the Kuwaiti Embassy in Mumbai and get passports stamped without POE clearance. These passports would then be sent again to Hyderabad. Police have seized 10 Indian passports from their possession.
After the police busted the faux passport and visa racket, DCP Shamshabad held a meeting at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport with managers of all airlines that have global flights.
N Prakash Reddy, DCP, addressed the meeting and gave information about the recent arrests where two staff of different airlines have been also nabbed.
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