New Delhi: A special unit of the Delhi Police has cracked down on a fake visa racket and arrested six people, officials said on Tuesday. They also seized equipment used to make fake visas from various countries, especially European countries.
A total of 225 passports, including 90 Indians, 124 Nepalis, and 11 Bangladeshis, and a large number of fake visa stickers from various countries were seized from them, police said. The accused have been identified as Sanjeev Kumar (49), Lakhwinder Singh (44), Rajveer Singh (51), Anil Paul (53), Dushyant (38), and Rajkumar (29).
Police have been informed that the racket, which is involved in the manufacture and arrangement of fake visas, is operating from Delhi. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Yadav arrested the three accused following a tip-off to the police.
During interrogation, Sanjeev told police that it was his job to motivate visa seekers. Sanjeev assures that he will easily issue visas to those who need visas. “He was applying for a visa at VFS Global Pvt Ltd at Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi, and depositing his client’s passport along with the visa application form at the center,” police said.
He provided his office address in the visa application form so that by sending the rejected forms along with the client’s passport to the place they were making fake visas with the help of their colleagues Paul and Dushyanth, who were running a visa printing office in Vavlakshmi Nagar area the DCP said.
Paul was arrested in Lakshminagar on Sunday. Yadav said Rajkumar was also arrested after Paul’s accomplice Dushyant was arrested. According to police, the accused used radium coating on A4 size glossy paper using a scan-printing method to prepare a fake visa sticker.
It is alleged that the applicant then printed the details, including a photo, using a quality color laser printer using ‘Corel Draw’ software. After the radium coating, a hologram is mounted on the visa paper. The statement said the accused had their own hologram manufacturing unit.
After preparing the roll, the paper was cut into specific shapes according to the specific country visa size, police said.
Citizen Reporter,
Venkata T Reddy
