FOUR MUMBAI BASED AGENTS HAVING LINKS WITH FILM INDUSTRY INCLUDING THE MASTER-MIND ARRESTED, THE GANG ARRESTED IS INVOLVED IN MAKING FORGED PASSPORTS, FAKE VISAS AND OTHER TRAVEL DOCUMENTS IN CONNIVANCE WITH THEIR ACCOMPLICE BASED IN GUJRAT & MUMBAI, 325 INDIAN PASSPORTS, 175 VISAS AND 1200+ FORGED IMMIGRATION STAMPS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND AIRPORTS ALONG WITH OTHER INCRIMINATING MATERIAL RECOVERED.  

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With the arrest of one passenger and 4 high profile agent including one master mind, team of IGI Airport/DIU has busted an immigration racket and succeeded in solving a case of cheating registered at PS IGI Airport vide FIR No. 222/2022 U/s 420/468/471/102B IPC & 12 PP Act, PS IGI Airport, Delhi. 

On dated 06.06.2022 one male pax namely Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary holding Indian Passport Number M903933 was deported from Kuwait by flight No. KU-383.When he approached for Arrival Immigration clearance it was found that the passenger was carrying a fake & fabricated passport with him.

During travel document scrutiny, the Passport seemed to be doubtful and after thorough scrutiny it was found that the said passport was fabricated as the same was bearing fake information on its bio pages, which proves that the said passport was fabricated and counterfeit. As the passenger tried to cheat Indian Immigration, a case FIR No. 222/22 u/s 420/468/471/120B IPC & 12 Passport Act was registered. 

In view of large-scale scam running worldwide duping people on the pretext of sending them to foreign shores and to burst the whole nexus a team consisting of Inspr. Anuj Sharma, Insp. Satish Kumar, HC Surender No. 296/A, HC Vinod 280/A, Ct. Nitin 286/A and Ct. Lohit No. 361/A under the leadership and overall supervision of ACP/Crime Sh. Chandra Shekhar and ACP/IGI Sh. Virender Mor was constituted. During investigation accused Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary was arrested and thoroughly interrogated, he disclosed that he came in contact with agents namely Narayanbhai, Zakir Yusuf Shaikh and Mushtaq @ Jamil Picturewala all residents of Gujrat and Mumbai.

Initially it was assured to the passenger Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary by the local agent Narayanbhai in Gujrat that he can arrange fake passport and Visa to him in lieu of Rs 65 lakh and shared the contacts of his associates namely Zakir Yusuf Shaikh and Mushtaq @ Jamil Picturewala based in Mumbai. The deal was finalized for Rs 65 lakhs and pax Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary made an initial payment Rs 15,00,000/- cash in advance to alleged agent Narayanbhai.

Accused Narayanbhai told Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary to contact his associates Zakir Yusuf Shaikh and Mushtaq @ Jamil Picturewala who operates a human trafficking racket from Delhi and Mumbai. The accused Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary sent his photograph and signature to Mushtaq @ Jamil Picturewala on Whatsapp.

Tanu Sharma, DCP, IGI Airport, said , on sustained custodial interrogation he disclosed that he was working along with his co-accomplice Zakir Yusuf Shaikh S/o Yusuf Shaikh R/o Goregaon Mumbai who is the master mind of this entire racket. He further disclosed that they used to procure fake passports and other incriminating materials from Raju Bhai @ Imtiaz Ali Sheikh S/o Mohd. Hanif Sheikh and Sanjay Dattaram Chavan S/o Dattaram Chavan both R/o Mumbai.Raids were conducted at all the possible hideouts of the accused person, however they all were found absconding. They were using virtual international numbers and whastsapp calling for their internal communication. 

 

After receiving his photo and signature Mushtaq @ Jamil arranged fake passport in the name of Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary on the instructions of Zakir Yusuf Shaikh in Mumbai. Thereafter, a fake visa of Netharland country was arranged by the alleged agents. The rest of the deal amount was to be delievered/handed over to Narayanbhai Chaudhary by the family of the passenger on his arrival in USA.

After hearing about the arrest of passenger Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary, agents Narayanbhai, Zakir and Mushtaq @ Jamil Picturewala fled from their home in Gujrat and Mumbai and continuously kept on changing their locations.

Their call details were minutely scrutinized and team zeroed on the movement of alleged Narayanbhai Chaudhary, Zakir and Mushtaq. The relentless efforts of the team yield result, when the team intercepted the movement of alleged Mushtaq @ Jamil Picturewala in Mumbai, The accused Jamil Picturewala was thoroughly interrogated and was arrested on 03.08.2022. Four (04) Mobile phones were recovered from his possession.

Tanu Sharma, DCP, IGI Airport, said , on sustained custodial interrogation he disclosed that he was working along with his co-accomplice Zakir Yusuf Shaikh S/o Yusuf Shaikh R/o Goregaon Mumbai who is the master mind of this entire racket. He further disclosed that they used to procure fake passports and other incriminating materials from Raju Bhai @ Imtiaz Ali Sheikh S/o Mohd. Hanif Sheikh and Sanjay Dattaram Chavan S/o Dattaram Chavan both R/o Mumbai.

Raids were conducted at all the possible hideouts of the accused person, however they all were found absconding. They were using virtual international numbers and whastsapp calling for their internal communication. Their available international/whatsapp numbers were kept under surveillance and finally tracked with the help of IP addresses.

Raid was conducted at Madh Mumbai on available locations and accused Zakir Sheikh was apprehended from Mumbai on 16/08/2022.He had changed 89 IMEI’s since the registration of the case and was trying his level best to evade his arrest. Based on his instance further raids were conducted and accused namely Imtiaz Ali Sheikh S/o Mohd. Hanif Sheikh and Sanjay Dattaram Chavan S/o Dattaram Chavan were also arrested from Andheri West and Chuna Bhatti Mumbai. During interrogation major recovery has been affected from their hideout at Chuna Bhatti and Andheri West :-

RECOVERY:  Indian Passports 325,  International Passports 04, Forged VISAS (America-21, Schenegen-17, United Kingdom-16, Australia-13, China-25, Italy-04, Turkey-10, Thailand-02, Switzerland-06, France-05, Malaysia-05 , UAE-04, Indonesia-01, South Africa-15, Mexico-30, Canada-12, Singapore-03, & Other Countries) 175, Immigration Stamps ( of Different Countries, Immigration, Embassies and other Countries) 1200+, Passport Jackets of Indian Passports 75, International Driving permits, issued from Republic of India 11, ADHAR Cards 11 Colour Printers 12, Dies for making forged Indian Passports 02, Lamination machines 02, paper cutter machine 01,  UV machines 02.  Photo Polymer stamp making machine 01, one UPS 01, Desktop Computers and other incriminating evidence. 02,  Printer Inks 11,  Yellow Fever Cards 200, Fabricated Passport Blank Pages 700+ ,  Bank Statements of different Banks 05 Banks, Mobile Phones 07,  Dongle 02, Blank Plastic cards used for making fabricated Adhar Cards and Driving License with engraved Chip. 400+

PREVIOUS INVOLVED OF GANG: 51/2011 420/468/471/120(B) IPC Chanakya Puri New Delhi, 282/2011 420/468/471/120(B) IPC & 12 PP Act P.S IGI Airport New Delhi, 66/2011 420/468/471/120(B) IPC & 12 PP Act P.S IGI Airport New Delhi, 02/2012 420/468/471/120(B) IPC & 12 PP Act P.S IGI Airport New Delhi, 134/2017 420/468/471/120(B) IPC & 12 PP Act P.S Bandra Kurla Complex Mumbai, 222/2022 420/468/471/120(B) IPC & 12 PP Act P.S IGI Airport New Delhi

KNOW THE ACCUSD:

Jamil Picturewala @ Mushtaq S/o Yusuf Picturewala R/o Flat No. 804, Lilly Tower, Jogeshwari (W),Mumbai, Maharashtra Age 33 Yrs. was the middleman in the entire deal and he introduced the pax through agent Narayan Bhai to agent Zakir Yusuf Sheikh. (Previous Involvements 01).

Zakir Yusuf Shaikh S/o Yusuf Shaikh R/o 704/A Wing, Shepherd Society, Meetha Nagar, Goregaon (W) Mumbai Age 46 Yrs. is the mastermind of the entire racket. He has links with almost all of the agents in India and procure passports and fabricated VISAS and other travelling documents from Imtiaz Ali Sheikh and Sanjay Dattaram Chavan. He is presently financing movies and web series in Mumbai.(Previous Involvements 06)

Imtiaz Ali Sheikh S/o Mohd. Hanif Sheikh R/o 04, Amrut Building , Ever Shine Nagar, Malad Mumbai is in the business of making forged travel documents since 10 years along with Sanjay Dattaram Chavan . Earlier they use to make these documents for one agent namely Rake in Mumbai, but after his death in last Covid, they started operating directly with agents. They use to procure the raw materials from Chennai and other parts of the country and had an expertise in making fake passports and VISAS.

Sanjay Dattaram Chavan S/o Dattaram Chavan R/o Flat No. 1312 13th Floor Mangal Murti CHS, Chuna Bhatti, Mumbai Age 58 Years .

The above said agent are involved in arranging fake Passports, VISAS, travel documents and identity documents along with their counterparts and they operate across India. They facilitate people in arranging fake passport and visa through which they can settle down in other countries by unfair means. Further investigation in this case is being done as the agents are presently in police custody remand and the police teams have been dispatched to arrest remaining co-associates involved in this case. Further, investigation of the case is in progress.