Travel agent already facing similar cases among the accused
Moga, October 4
In what reminds of the infamous passport scam that came to light in 2008, another such illegal practice of making passports on fake addresses has come to light in the district.
The scam involves a travel agent who is already facing charges of forging documents for preparing passports by fraudulent means.
The police has registered a criminal case under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC and section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967, against Manjit Singh, the travel agent, Ranjit Singh Gehotra and Gurtej Singh. The trio was at large.
ASI Gurpal Singh, who is investigating the case, said the scam was detected by the Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh, during verification of documents. The Regional Passport Officer lodged a complaint with local SSP Sneh Deep Sharma who ordered an inquiry to Baghapurana DSP, following which the case was registered.
During the inquiry, the police found that Ranjit Singh had, in 2010, given a fake address of Bhekha village with the help of Gurtej Singh to apply for a passport. The travel agent allegedly forged the documents.
On September 30, in a similar fraud, an FIR was registered in the police station (rural) against two persons for making passport on forged documents.
It may be mentioned that over 300 persons, including NRIs, cops, officials of the passport office and travel agents, were already facing charges in the infamous Moga passport scam that rocked the nation in 2008. Three policemen, Jaswinder Singh, Ranjit Singh and Gurdial Singh; Ranjit Singh, an employee of the Municipal Council; Om Prakash, a postman and Didar Singh, former employee of the RPO, Chandigarh, were the kingpin of the scam.
Many subsequent FIRs had also been registered in the scam, besides the main case. Over 100 people had been arrested so far and lookout certificates issued against 300 NRIs who made fake passports to go abroad. This case is pending for trial before the Faridkot district and sessions court.
The modus operandi was that the police employees posted between the years 1995 to 2008 in the passport branch here prepared fake documents of police verifications and then by manipulating with the travel agents or employees of the RPO office tampered with the original forms.
Moga, October 4In what reminds of the infamous passport scam that came to light in 2008, another such illegal practice of making passports on fake addresses has come to light in the district.
The scam involves a travel agent who is already facing charges of forging documents for preparing passports by fraudulent means.
The police has registered a criminal case under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC and section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967, against Manjit Singh, the travel agent, Ranjit Singh Gehotra and Gurtej Singh. The trio was at large.
ASI Gurpal Singh, who is investigating the case, said the scam was detected by the Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh, during verification of documents. The Regional Passport Officer lodged a complaint with local SSP Sneh Deep Sharma who ordered an inquiry to Baghapurana DSP, following which the case was registered.
During the inquiry, the police found that Ranjit Singh had, in 2010, given a fake address of Bhekha village with the help of Gurtej Singh to apply for a passport. The travel agent allegedly forged the documents.
On September 30, in a similar fraud, an FIR was registered in the police station (rural) against two persons for making passport on forged documents.
It may be mentioned that over 300 persons, including NRIs, cops, officials of the passport office and travel agents, were already facing charges in the infamous Moga passport scam that rocked the nation in 2008. Three policemen, Jaswinder Singh, Ranjit Singh and Gurdial Singh; Ranjit Singh, an employee of the Municipal Council; Om Prakash, a postman and Didar Singh, former employee of the RPO, Chandigarh, were the kingpin of the scam.
Many subsequent FIRs had also been registered in the scam, besides the main case. Over 100 people had been arrested so far and lookout certificates issued against 300 NRIs who made fake passports to go abroad. This case is pending for trial before the Faridkot district and sessions court.
The modus operandi was that the police employees posted between the years 1995 to 2008 in the passport branch here prepared fake documents of police verifications and then by manipulating with the travel agents or employees of the RPO office tampered with the original forms.
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