Man tries to sneak youth out on son's passport, held

Mumbai: A man from Nagpur recently tried to get a youth, who did not have a passport, out of the country by using his son's passport. Amarjit Singh has done this several times in the past, but he ran out of luck when immigration officials caught his bluff.
Amarjit and Manga Singh (the youth he was trying to traffick abroad) were arrested while trying to board the Air India Express (flight 131) from Mumbai to London on July 20. Amarjit had pasted Manga's photo on his son's passport, officials said. Amarjit and Manga were handed over to the Sahar police for further investigation. Both are still in police custody.
"We found several discrepancies in the passport and the UK visa. During interrogation, the duo revealed that they had paid Rs 60,000 to a police constable to clear the immigration check,'' an official said. The constable, Mangesh Tamanekar, has been suspended. He had another agent, Manish Kumate, working for him and cops are looking for him.
DCP (zone VIII) Brajesh Singh said, "Tamanekar was suspended on July 23. His anticipatory bail was rejected on August 14.''
A police officer said those involved in the trafficking racket were hands-in-gloves with some cops and airport officials who helped them forge visas and passports and swap them at the airport.
16/08/09 V Narayan/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Aug 2009, Foreign Aug 2009