Gujarat: Fake visa scam busted, two from Delhi held

VADODARA/ANAND: An multi-state racket of issuing fake visas of different countries was busted by Anand police on Wednesday.
A man from Delhi identified as Vijay Kumar was nabbed from his home along with 44 passports and fake visa stickers of different countries. Police said that a local accused Jayesh Patel was arrested in August. While interrogating Patel, police learnt about a larger network involving several people including Kumar.“We had also arrested another person named Lakhwinder from Punjab who is settled in Delhi,” said inspector J N Parmar of special operations group of Anand police.
“We are yet to arrest one more person who was also involved in the same scam but we are hopeful of nabbing him soon,” said superintendent of Anand police Ajit Rajian.
Cops said that the scamsters meet at public places in Delhi and exchange passports of victims and fake visa stickers of different countries. Visa stickers of Canada, United Kingdom and Malaysia were found from Kumar. “The 44 victims whose passports were found from Kumar are not just from Gujarat but from other states like Punjab and Haryana. We suspect that there will be several more victims,” Parmar said.
Police are expecting more victims to approach them in coming days. “We are suspecting that more than 44 people could have been cheated. We are also verifying where these passports could have been used by the accused,” Rajian told TOI.
Investigation revealed that the accused used to take any amount between Rs 25,000 and Rs 2.5 lakh for issuing visa.