Madurai passport official, travel agent booked for issuing Indian passports to Sri Lankans
3 years, 5 months ago

Madurai passport official, travel agent booked for issuing Indian passports to Sri Lankans

India TV News  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against Madurai's Regional Passport Office senior superintendent V Veeraputhiran and one another person Ramesh, who is a travel agent, for issuing Indian passports to foreign nationals including Sri Lankans. The matter surfaced after a complaint was registered against the Senior Superintendent of Madurai passport office and some travel agents for issuing Indian passports to foreign nationals, which is not only illegal but comes under a treason act. However, the travel agent had sent money to the senior superintendent's bank earlier between June 2019 to September 2019. The CBI has raided four places in Madurai and Tirunelveli after registering a case against the passport officer and travel agent.

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Telangana: Passports of accused in phone-tapping case suspended
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Telangana: Passports of accused in phone-tapping case suspended

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In twists to the ongoing high-profile unauthorised phone tapping case, the Regional Passport Officer has permanently suspended the Indian passports of prime accused former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao and his associate Shravan Kumar Rao, who are reported in the US. Their passports were suspended under Section 10 of Indian Passport Act based on a representation submitted to the …

Fake Passports: Two Bangladeshi Nationals Nabbed at Mumbai Airport
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Fake Passports: Two Bangladeshi Nationals Nabbed at Mumbai Airport

Hindustan Times  

Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested for allegedly using fake passports to travel internationally. One of the individuals was traveling to Ukraine, while the other had stayed in India illegally for three decades before traveling to Mauritius. Both men obtained Indian passports through forgery and were subsequently apprehended by immigration authorities at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

CBI to Probe TG Passport Scandal
3 months, 4 weeks ago

CBI to Probe TG Passport Scandal

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Months after the Crime Investigation Department cracked the whip on the fake passport activity in Telangana by nabbing 22 accused among policemen and agents, the ministry of external affairs directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the matter, in connection with the misuse of passports by travelling from India to other countries. It was reported that the CID …

Calcutta High Court Denies Bail To Chinese Man Who Allegedly Attempted To Enter India With Fake Nepali Passport, Travel Documents
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Denies Bail To Chinese Man Who Allegedly Attempted To Enter India With Fake Nepali Passport, Travel Documents

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri has denied bail to a Chinese national who attempted to enter India using a fake Nepali passport and travel documents, posing as a Nepali citizen. A single bench of Justice Subhenu Samanta upheld the order of the trial court and stated: Magistrate had taken cognizance of the offence on the basis of …

CBI searches in Mumbai lead to recovery of Rs.1.59 cr from passport agent’s house
5 months, 3 weeks ago

CBI searches in Mumbai lead to recovery of Rs.1.59 cr from passport agent’s house

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Central Bureau of Investigation has conducted further searches at the office and residence of one more passport agent based in Mumbai. The CBI had registered 12 cases on June 28, 2024 against 14 officials including Passport Assistants and Senior Passport Assistants posted at Passport Seva Kendras of Lower Parel and Malad, and 18 passport facilitation agents on allegations that …

[Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case] Issued Documents For Convicts To Travel Back To Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan High Commission Tells Madras High Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

[Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case] Issued Documents For Convicts To Travel Back To Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan High Commission Tells Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Sri Lankan High Commission has informed the Madras High Court that temporary travel documents have been issued to Balasundaram Robert Payas, Mr. Vetrivel Srikaran, and Mr. Shanmugalingam Jeyakumar, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case allowing them to be deported to Sri Lanka. During the course of the proceedings, the Additional Public Prosecutor informed the court that the Sri …

Rajiv Gandhi case convicts Sriharan, Robert Payas, Jayakumar to visit Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission on March 13
9 months, 1 week ago

Rajiv Gandhi case convicts Sriharan, Robert Payas, Jayakumar to visit Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission on March 13

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi Collector on Tuesday informed the Madras High Court of having fixed an appointment with the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts Murugan alias Sriharan, Robert Payas and Jayakumar. Appearing before a Division Bench of Justices R. Suresh Kumar and K. Kumaresh Babu, Additional Public Prosecutor R. Muniyapparaj said …

Sri Lankan High Commission has issued travel document for Rajiv Gandhi case convict Santhan, T.N. informs Madras High Court
10 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lankan High Commission has issued travel document for Rajiv Gandhi case convict Santhan, T.N. informs Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, informed the Madras High Court that the Deputy High Commission for Sri Lanka in Chennai had issued a temporary travel document in favour of former PM Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict, Santhan alias T. Suthenthirarajah. The letter stated that the Deputy High Commission had received a request from the Ministry of …

Agent evading police net, finally held for visa fraud
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Agent evading police net, finally held for visa fraud

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested a man from Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, who used to lure people on pretext of sending them abroad by offering approved passports and Visas of foreign countries at lucrative prices, the police said on Sunday, adding, the accused, identified as Santosh Kumar Gupta, was allegedly an absconding fraud agent. DCP Usha Rangnani, sharing details of …

CBI probe terror angle in busted passport racket in Bengal, Sikkim
1 year, 2 months ago

CBI probe terror angle in busted passport racket in Bengal, Sikkim

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata:The Central Bureau of Investigation is interrogating suspects connected to the passport racket busted in West Bengal and Sikkim over the weekend to find out if terror outfits used the illegal operation to smuggle people into or out of India, officials of the federal agency said. The CBI on Saturday busted a fake passport racket that was operational in West …

'Two arrests, raids at 50 location': How CBI busted fake passport racket in West Bengal, Sikkim
1 year, 2 months ago

'Two arrests, raids at 50 location': How CBI busted fake passport racket in West Bengal, Sikkim

India TV News  

The Central Bureau of Investigation busted a racket involving passport department officials and middlemen in West Bengal and Sikkim, said the officials on Sunday. The probe officials, during the investigation, tracked a trail of illicit payments for clearance of over 60 such passport applications by officials of Kolkata RPO and Gangtok PLSK based on forged documents supplied by middlemen. Two …

CBI busts fake passport racket in Bengal, Sikkim; arrests two
1 year, 2 months ago

CBI busts fake passport racket in Bengal, Sikkim; arrests two

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday busted a fake passport racket, which was operational in West Bengal and the neighbouring Sikkim, officials said. aAsection of officers at the Regional Passport Office in Kolkata and the Passport Seva Laghu Kendra at Gangtok were involved in the racket Two persons, including a senior superintendent of Passport Seva Laghu Kendra at Gangtok, …

Passport scam: CBI raids 50 locations across West Bengal, Gangtok, 24 booked
1 year, 2 months ago

Passport scam: CBI raids 50 locations across West Bengal, Gangtok, 24 booked

India TV News  

The Central Bureau of Investigation booked 24 people on Saturday after conducting raids at 50 locations across West Bengal and Gangtok for for allegedly issuing passports on the basis of forged documents. The FIR names 24 individuals including 16 officials who were allegedly issuing passports on the basis of forged documents to ineligible persons, including non-residents, in return for bribes, …

Steps initiated to deport four Sri Lankan convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, FRRO tells Madras High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Steps initiated to deport four Sri Lankan convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, FRRO tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

Foreigners Regional Registration Officer in Chennai has informed the Madras High Court of having written to Ministry of External Affairs on November 12, 2022 to take steps for issuance of travel documents by the Sri Lankan High Commission in India to the four Sri Lankan life convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case since they had now …

Land-for-jobs scam: CBI raids 9 locations in Bihar, Delhi linked to RJD leaders
1 year, 7 months ago

Land-for-jobs scam: CBI raids 9 locations in Bihar, Delhi linked to RJD leaders

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday conducted searches at nine locations in Bihar’s Patna and Bhojpur linked to former Rashtriya Janata Dal leader MLA Arun Yadav and his wife Kiran Devi in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam. The CBI also conducted searches at the premises of Rajya Sabha MP Prem Chand Gupta at Noida, Delhi and Gurugram in …

Tejashwi Yadav appears before CBI in land-for-jobs scam
1 year, 8 months ago

Tejashwi Yadav appears before CBI in land-for-jobs scam

Hindustan Times  

Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav has appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation today for questioning in the land-for-jobs scam after skipping previous three summons earlier this month. People familiar with the developments said Tejashwi will be questioned regarding allegations that when his father and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was the Union railway minister between 2004 and 2009, …

ED conducts raids in Tamil Nadu in Chinese visa 'scam' case
2 years, 4 months ago

ED conducts raids in Tamil Nadu in Chinese visa 'scam' case

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches at half-a-dozen locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with its money laundering probe into a case of alleged irregularities in the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011, that also involves Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, officials said. Karti Chidambaram, 50, a Congress MP from the Sivaganga constituency in Tamil …

Madras High Court Gives Clean Chit To IPS Officer In Fake Passport Case; Lauds BJP State President For Highlighting The Scam
2 years, 4 months ago

Madras High Court Gives Clean Chit To IPS Officer In Fake Passport Case; Lauds BJP State President For Highlighting The Scam

Live Law  

The Madras High court recently gave a clean chit to Madurai's former Commissioner of Police, S. Davidson Devasirvatham in connection with matters pertaining to issuance of fake passports to Sri Lankan and Indian Nationals by using forged documents. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan observed that field enquiry police officer play the most crucial in verification process and the buck …

S. Bhaskararaman, close associate of Karti Chidambaram, gets 4-day CBI custody in bribes for visa case
2 years, 7 months ago

S. Bhaskararaman, close associate of Karti Chidambaram, gets 4-day CBI custody in bribes for visa case

The Hindu  

A special CBI court in Delhi on May 19 remanded S. Bhaskararaman, an alleged associate of Sivaganga MP Karti Chidambaram, to four days in the agency's custody in a case related to a bribes for visa scam, allegedly perpetrated in 2011. The CBI had sought Mr. Bhaskararaman’s custody for 14 days, citing that he was Mr. Karti Chidambaram’s chartered accountant …

Fake Indian Passports Held By Srilankan Nationals: Madras High Court Directs UIDAI To Share Details Of 35 Aadhaar Cards With 'Q' Branch-CID
2 years, 7 months ago

Fake Indian Passports Held By Srilankan Nationals: Madras High Court Directs UIDAI To Share Details Of 35 Aadhaar Cards With 'Q' Branch-CID

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has recently directed the Deputy Director, UIDAI to furnish details of 35 Aadhaar Cards sought by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, "Q" Branch CID, Chennai City. Justice G Jayachandran made the above order on a plea by the Deputy Superintendent following rejection of his request by the UIDAI, seeking information about the Aadhaar Card Numbers along …

Madras High Court Asks Leena Manimekalai, Susi Ganeshan To Appear In Person On November 1 In Challenge To Impounding Of Passport
3 years, 1 month ago

Madras High Court Asks Leena Manimekalai, Susi Ganeshan To Appear In Person On November 1 In Challenge To Impounding Of Passport

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and film director Susi Ganesan to appear in person before the Court on November 1 around 1 pm while hearing a plea moved by Manimekalai challenging an order passed by the Regional Passport Officer, Chennai, to impound her passport.The impounding order was passed citing the pendency of a criminal defamation …

Man Fails To Obtain Passport Due To FIR For Not Wearing Face-Mask During COVID: Madras High Court Directs Issuance Of The Same Within 4 Weeks
3 years, 7 months ago

Man Fails To Obtain Passport Due To FIR For Not Wearing Face-Mask During COVID: Madras High Court Directs Issuance Of The Same Within 4 Weeks

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently granted relief to a man who failed to obtain a passport due to an FIR, which was registered against him for allegedly not wearing a face mask, when he was driving his two-wheeler during the Pandemic condition.The Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh directed passport authorities to process the application submitted by him, if he …

Passport racket busted by Telangana Police; two cops among eight held
3 years, 10 months ago

Passport racket busted by Telangana Police; two cops among eight held

India TV News  

The Telangana Police has busted a passport racket, leading to the arrest of eight people. The police acted upon a complaint from an Immigration officer at the International airport about three Bangladeshis intending to depart to Dubay by a flight on the strength of Indian passports procured through fake documents. According to police, the Bangladeshis revealed that they stayed at …

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