Immigration officer, Jet staffer held for trafficking

An immigration officer posted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was arrested along with an airline official for allegedly running a human trafficking racket, police said.
The accused reportedly charged between Rs 17 lakh and Rs 30 lakh from passengers to send them abroad. Police said six persons have been arrested.
Immigration officer Chaman Azhar allegedly facilitated travel on forged immigration stamps for money, police said. Four passengers, including three women, were also arrested.
The fraud was detected after a woman, Asha Panigrahi, was deported from Brussels for travelling on a forged immigration stamp on March 20.
Police added that Jet Airways staffer Manoj Sarpal used to provide fake boarding passes.
Passengers of domestic flights that take off from the international airport are not required to undergo an immigration check. If they have a boarding pass from the airline concerned, they can directly head for the security hold area, police said.
On April 1, an FIR was filed by Jet Airways after its staff noticed forged documents on one Anisha Rahimbhai Mardeja, who was travelling to Toronto. “The supervisor felt that the passport had not been checked by the airline staff during check-in,” the FIR stated.
05/04/11 Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Apr 2011, Jet Airways Apr 2011