Bengaluru: The city police have unearthed a fake visa racket after a 34-year-old electrician from Tamil Nadu was arrested by immigration officials after he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) from Kuala Lumpur with fake Canadian visa on Saturday.
The accused, identified as Tamilselvan, was handed over to the BIAL police, who booked him under forgery and cheating. He was later produced before the magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.
The police said they have sent a letter to their Malaysian counterparts to deport four others who are said to be in Kuala Lumpur and also involved in the fake visa racket.
During the interrogation, Tamilselvan claimed that he was working as an electrician in Canada for British Petroleum for the past two years and returned home on vacation.
Police said that a Chennai-based travel agent, identified as Vijaya Prathaban Jothi and the kingpin of the scam, had promised better jobs in Canada to Tamilselvan and three others - Krishna Murthy Ananda Shankar, Ramalingam Venkatesan and Muthukrishnan for a sum of Rs 4.5 lakh.
21/05/19 Umesh R Yadav/Deccan Herald
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The accused, identified as Tamilselvan, was handed over to the BIAL police, who booked him under forgery and cheating. He was later produced before the magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.
The police said they have sent a letter to their Malaysian counterparts to deport four others who are said to be in Kuala Lumpur and also involved in the fake visa racket.
During the interrogation, Tamilselvan claimed that he was working as an electrician in Canada for British Petroleum for the past two years and returned home on vacation.
Police said that a Chennai-based travel agent, identified as Vijaya Prathaban Jothi and the kingpin of the scam, had promised better jobs in Canada to Tamilselvan and three others - Krishna Murthy Ananda Shankar, Ramalingam Venkatesan and Muthukrishnan for a sum of Rs 4.5 lakh.
21/05/19 Umesh R Yadav/Deccan Herald
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