19-Dec-2024 04:19 PM
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Kolkata, Dec 19 (Reporter): Police have unearthed a fake passport racket and arrested five suspects, official sources said on Thursday. The suspects allegedly sold passports between Rs 2 and Rs 5 lakh, depending on the client capacity and urgency of the buyers.
A suspect, identified as Dipankar Das, a resident of Parnashree in South Kolkata's Behala area was arrested on Wednesday, who allegedly issued 73 fake passports to the infiltrators from Bangladesh, an official verification revealed.
Police also seized several incriminating documents, computers, seals of different PSU banks, and photocopies of 36 Indian passports, Schengen and UK visas.
Earlier, the city police had arrested three suspects, including a postman of the Panchasayar sub-post office, for their direct involvement in the fake racket, especially for Bangladeshi nationals.
During an ongoing probe, a case was registered with the Bhowanipore Police Station following a complaint submitted by a cop from Kolkata Police’s Security Control Organisation (SCO), and it was found that several Indian passports were obtained using forged documents.
Some delivery sheets were seized on production from the Panchasayar Sub-post office during the investigation. It was also found that 37 passport applications were generated from the Passport Seva Kendra Basirhat Post Office and arrested postman Ripan Biswas of Fortune City in Barasat.
After questioning him, police arrested a postman from the Panchasayar post office, identified as Dipak Mondal, and Ripan’s father, Samaresh Biswas, on December 14. After interrogating Dipak and Samaresh, police arrested a contractual staff member of the Basirhat post office, Taraknath Sen...////...