Punjab Police Inspector Accused Of “Kabooterbaazi”

New Delhi: The Delhi police is hunting for a sub-inspector posted with the Punjab Armed Police for allegedly arranging visas for four youths to illegally enter Canada.
This was revealed during the questioning of the four who were arrested by the IGI Airport police on August 2 while trying to board a Japan Airlines flight along with the Punjab contingent. The contingent was to represent India at the 13th World Police Games at British Columbia.
According to sources, the accused are residents of Kapusthala and Hoshiarpur in Punjab. "We found that none of them were employed with Punjab police. The accused have been identified as Hardeep Singh (26), Lakhveer Singh (30), Jasvinder Singh (30) and Taranjeet Singh (25),'' said an investigating officer. The fraud was detected by immigration officials prior to the plane's departure.
"The accused claim that one Lakhvinder Singh a sub-inspector and coach of the basketball team had collected Rs 12 lakh each from them and arranged visas from the Canadian consulates at Jalandhar and Chandigarh. We have registered a case of cheating and will nab the coach,'' added the officer.
17/08/09 Link, Canada

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Categories: Airports Aug 2009, Foreign Aug 2009