Woman held at Chennai airport

Chennai: A 19-year old woman from Ahmedabad on her way to Toronto was held at Chennai airport for carrying a fake passport. According to airport sources, Jaya Patil (19), hailing from Tarpura, had come down to Chennai from Ahmedabad. The immigration authorities intercepted her when she was about to leave by a Jet Airways flight to Toronto.
"When the Immigration officers inquired about her name she told them her original name. However, her passport was in the name of Sheik Ninath. Jaya admitted that the passport was a fake one," an airport police source here said.
She told the police that she got the fake passport from Sheru, a broker based in Ahmedabad after paying Rs 5 lakh.
22/04/08 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Apr 2008