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Are there any Afghanis out there with a real passport? I don't think so lol
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NAWANSHAHR (PUNJAB): Seven Hindu and Sikh Afghan refugees staying in India on long-term visas for nearly 20 years have been arrested by the Punjab police over the past two months for procuring Indian passports on fake credentials. They were arrested from different airports in the country just before they were to catch flights to various European destinations.
Police investigation have so far traced 135 such passports issued to Afghan Hindus and Sikhs from the regional passport office (RPO) in Jalandhar and issued lookout notices for all of them. Police officials told TOI that 12 such Afghan citizens might already have left the country.
Five accused — including a police head constable, now under suspension — who had helped the Afghans get the passports have told the police they were not aware that the applicants were from Afghanistan. Police are looking for a Delhi-based travel agent, P K Jain, and an Afghan man, Manmeet Singh, who were instrumental in getting the Afghan residents in touch with Jalandhar-based middlemen. The middlemen arranged the forged residential proofs and other documents.
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NAWANSHAHR (PUNJAB): Seven Hindu and Sikh Afghan refugees staying in India on long-term visas for nearly 20 years have been arrested by the Punjab police over the past two months for procuring Indian passports on fake credentials. They were arrested from different airports in the country just before they were to catch flights to various European destinations.
Police investigation have so far traced 135 such passports issued to Afghan Hindus and Sikhs from the regional passport office (RPO) in Jalandhar and issued lookout notices for all of them. Police officials told TOI that 12 such Afghan citizens might already have left the country.
Five accused — including a police head constable, now under suspension — who had helped the Afghans get the passports have told the police they were not aware that the applicants were from Afghanistan. Police are looking for a Delhi-based travel agent, P K Jain, and an Afghan man, Manmeet Singh, who were instrumental in getting the Afghan residents in touch with Jalandhar-based middlemen. The middlemen arranged the forged residential proofs and other documents.
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