Visa racket: 2 travel agents held

New Delhi: A day after 27 people were detained at IGI Airport for trying to board a Dubai-bound flight with fake visas, Delhi Police claimed to have arrested two travel agents. The cops were tipped off after two airline call centres received phone calls saying the 27 travellers would try to hijack a flight.
Police said the travellers would have been sneaked into Iraq after getting to Dubai.
The travellers nabbed at IGI alleged local contacts had organized everything. The local agents had a "central" contact in Delhi who finally arranged their departure. Five of the accused (one from each state) have been remanded in police custody to help unearth the racket further.
The two travel agents, including the owner of Pan Travels in Connaught Place, were arrested on Tuesday night. They have been identified as Rakesh Chopra, the owner, and his employee Sunil Bisht. The 27 people 15 from West Bengal, six from Punjab, four from Haryana and one each from Delhi and Bangladesh were detained at the airport by CISF on Tuesday and later placed under arrest. The Bangladeshi national had an Indian passport with him. "There were masons, electricians and construction workers in the group. From Dubai, they were supposed to go to Iraq where they were promised jobs," said DCP (IGI Airport) Dr O P Mishra.
08/07/10 TImes of India

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010, Foreign Jul 2010