A couple has been arrested for allegedly running an immigration racket, police said on Wednesday. The accused used to issue fake Polish visas to the victims with the help of his accomplices.
DCP (IGI) Tanu Sharma said the accused have been identified as 32-year-old Parveen and 28-year-old Priyanka Madhan. The DCP said, on June 15, a passenger, Sarabjit Singh, who had an Indian passport and a visa to Poland, approached for departure. Immigration Clearance for Paris. Mr. Singh was carrying a Polish visa with him.
However, after a thorough investigation, it was eventually found that the visa was a duplicate copy without any UV characteristics and intaglio mark, which is indicative of an authentic visa, the police said.
An FIR was registered under relevant sections and Mr Singh was questioned thoroughly. He reportedly told the police that he came in contact with an agent named Jasvir, an assistant sub-inspector of Punjab Police, who assured him that he could arrange a Polish visa for her at a cost of ₹12 lakh and shared His co-accused were contacts of Priyanka and Parveen, who lived in Delhi and were running a travel agency called Flying Star Overseas Pvt. Ltd. at Janakpuri District Center
“The deal was finalized and Mr. Singh made an advance payment of ₹60,000 to Jasvir, who brought him in contact with the couple who had issued his continuing discharge certificate (CDC). Eventually, another co-accused, Vishal arranged a fake. Polish visa for him and handed over to Mr. Singh,” the DCP said. The couple were eventually arrested from Jaipur after they kept on changing places.