Immigration racket: Flight purser gets bail

Mumbai: A sessions court on Friday granted bail to the flight purser working with an international airline in connection with a racket involving illegal migration to the US that was busted in November last year.
All the 12 accused have been granted bail in this case.
Arrested on January 16, the accused — Sarfaraz Sherali Virani (27), a resident of Bandra and a flight purser with Virgin Atlantic airlines — allegedly posed as the husband of a Gujarati woman, Rameelabain Jyotabhai Chaudhary, to secure a visa for her from the US consulate and also helped send her to the US.
While Chaudhary paid the alleged kingpin of the racket, Altaf Shaikh and his associate a total of Rs 22 lakh, Virani was paid Rs 2 lakh for posing as Chaudhary’s husband, the police claimed.
The police claimed that Virani is the boyfriend of former Jet Airways airhostess Aliyah Rizvi, who was arrested on November 26.
The 12 accused in the case were booked for forgery, cheating, using a forged document and criminal conspiracy.
28/01/08 Mumbai Newsline

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