Musings: Going to Dubai, 27 people arrested carrying fake visas

Going to Dubai, 27 people arrested carrying fake visas

written by atul at Wednesday, July 7, 2010

27 People were arrested with fake visas at Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi when they were trying to board two Dubai going flights.

The CISF detained them when Kingfisher and Jet Airways call centers got calls from an anonymous person that these people were to board two flights to Dubai with fake visas. The caller also gave PNR numbers of their flight tickets.

The detained people were claiming that they had paid approximately Rs 60,000 to agents to get visas for Dubai , the sources said. where they were to get jobs, sources said. Some of the detainees are of Bangladeshi origin while the others are from north

The official said the security personnel at the gates were also briefed about their PNR numbers. They identified the suspects and signaled to personnel who were inside the airport.

Both Jet and Kingfisher have handed over the recordings of the telephone calls they received to the security agencies.