(MOREPIC1) Face2News/New Delhi
Absconding mastermind Kingpin of the biggest international immigration racket involved in duping people on the pretext of sending them to foreign shores, arrested.325 Indian Passports, 175 VISAS and 1200+ Forged Immigration stamps of different countries and Airports along with other incriminating material already recovered.
With the arrest of an absconding mastermind agent Narayanbhai Chaudharyteam of IGI Airport/DIU has succeeded in arresting all the agents of the biggest international immigration racket involved in cheating case registered at PS IGI Airport vide FIR No. 222/2022 U/s 420/468/471/120B 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 of the above mentioned case all the agents involved in the present case namely Jamil Picturewala @ Mushtaq S/o Yusuf Picturewala R/o Flat No. 804, Lilly Tower, Jogeshwari (W),Mumbai, (DOA 05.08.2022) (2). Zakir Yusuf Shaikh S/o Yusuf Shaikh R/o 704/A Shepherd Society, Meetha Nagar, Goregaon (W) Mumbai (DOA 20.08.2022) (3) Imtiaz Ali Sheikh S/o Mohd. Hanif Sheikh R/o 04, Amrut Building,Ever Shine Nagar, Malad Mumbai (DOA 20.08.2022) (4) Sanjay Dattaram Chavan S/o Dattaram Chavan R/o Flat No. 1312 13th Floor MangalMurti CHS, Chuna Bhatti, Mumbai (DOA 20.08.2022) were arrested on the respective dates mentioned against each.
Further a huge recovery of 325 Passports, 175 Forged VISAS, 1200+ Immigration stamps, 75 Passport Jackets of Indian Passport and other incriminating material were recovered from their possession.
From the custodial interrogation of all the accused it was ascertained that agent Narayanbhai Chaudhary is the mastermind for arranging passengers to this nexus which spread across the country. With the arrest of the passengers and nexus members, agent Narayanbhai fled away from his residence and was trying to evade his arrest since long time.
The team minutely scrutinized the modus operandi of alleged agents and it was learnt that the alleged persons were using international whatsapp numbers only to accessWhatsapp to be in touch. The team through electronic surveillance and local intelligence obtained the details of IP address of alleged WhatsApp numbers and intercepted the location of accused Narayanbhai Chaudhary in Delhi. On 30.08.2022 alleged Narayanbhai Chaudhary was apprehended and arrested from Delhi.
Ms. Tanu Sharma, Dy. Commissioner of Police, IGI Airport, said, during sustained interrogation of the Narayanbhai Chaudhary S/o Motibhai Chaudhary R/o Village Balwa Gandhi Nagar Gujrat, it was found that he is a popular agent in Gandhi Nagar and holds a strong social presence in Gandhi Nagar, Mehsana and other nearby areas. He is famous in Gujrat for sending passengers abroad on the basis of forged travel documents. He heads the illegal part of arranging tentative passengers as per their profiles to his counterparts in Mumbai and Delhi . He used to first collect the details of families/individuals interested in going abroad and settling down in USA.(SUBHEAD)
Thereafter, alleged Narayanbhai use to contact the target person and induce the target and his family by showing them a rosy dream of settling down in USA through their sources in India and abroad. Narayanbhai used to introduce agent Zakir Sheikh to the prospective clients and in order to gain the trust of the prospective clients/targeted passengers, alleged agent use to induce the passengers and their family members on the pretext that they have to pay the agreed amount once the passengers reach the final destination, and it was decided that family of the passenger will keep the agreed amount with agent Narayanbhai and agent Narayanbhai, after deducting his commission (generally 10%-15%) use to handover the money to agent Zakir Sheikh once the passenger successfully reaches their destination.
Alleged agent use to charge a amount of 65-70 lakhs per passenger for facilitation of the journey, other procedures and for final illegal settlement of the family in USA.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: Narayanbhai Motibhai Chaudhary S/o Motibhai Chaudhary R/o Village Balva P.S Kalol Distt Gandhi Nagar Gujrat Age 52 years. He is actively involved VISA related frauds and is the main kingpin of the case. He arranges tentative clients from Gujrat to his counterparts in Mumbai and Gujrat. Further, investigation of the case is in progress.
