Iraqi couple held for travelling with stolen visas

Hyderabad: A couple from Iraq landed in prison in the city for trying to fly away to an European country via Hyderabad with stolen visas.
The couple along with their 14-month-old child boarded a flight to Frankfurt via Mumbai where they were caught with fake documents and were deported back to the city.
According to police, the couple from Baghdad—Ammar Muhammed Jeelani (32) along with his wife Majida (30) and their son— landed in Mumbai on May 14. After staying there for a month, they came to Hyderabad.
They approached AKR Travels in the city and brought tickets to Frankfurt on Air India flight. They flew to Mumbai on Saturday to take a connecting flight but were caught when they were taking the boarding passes in the airport.
The couple told police that they were fed up with the conditions prevailing in their country and wanted to settle down in a European country. They approached a broker there who gave them the stolen visas for 15,000 dollars each, police said.
29/07/08 Siasat Daily

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2008