Monday, June 26, 2023

Afghan with ‘fake’ Indian passport on way to Dubai held

Mumbai: An Afghan national was arrested at Sahar airport for trying to take a flight to Dubai on an Indian passport allegedly procured through forged documents. The man, Abdul Katawazai (43), was nabbed at the immigration check on June 21.

The Afghan had come to Mumbai on a ‘medical attendant’ visa in 2019 and had since been staying in India. Such a visa is given to relatives or an assistant of a foreign patient visiting India for medical treatment.

An officer from Sahar police station said that the purpose why he got an Indian passport is under scrutiny. The Indian passport identified him as ‘Rehman Khan’ and it was procured from Kolkata during his stay in India in the past four years.

At the airport, wing incharge Prashant Sawant, deputy officer Kalpana Chaudhary and passenger profiling officer Rajesh Kumar questioned him after they found something suspicious as his appearance and accent seemed Afghan-like, but his passport said he was an Indian national. In a police complaint, immigration assistant Sanjay Pawar said his appearance and the way he spoke did not quite match those of an Indian citizen.

26/06/2023 Narayan Namboodiri/Economic Times

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