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Dekh raha hai Binod! How immigration officials at Lucknow airport smell a rat
Lucknow: "Dekh raha hai Binod?" Well, immigration officials at Lucknow airport certainly were — and what they saw didn't add up. A man claiming to be 52-year-old Vinod Singh Yadav walked up to counter A-27 looking suspiciously youthful for his age.
Turns out, he was actually 38-year-old Binod Kumar Yadav from Deoria, trying to sneak past authorities with a forged passport and a fake identity. But sharp-eyed officers weren't buying the disguise — and Binod's Bangkok-to-Lucknow journey ended not with a warm welcome, but with handcuffs.
According to the FIR filed by the immigration department's observation officer, Binod arrived from Bangkok on AirAsia flight FD-146 around 11pm.
During immigration clearance, he presented a passport (W7466740) identifying him as Vinod Singh Yadav, son of Baburam Yadav, born on May 9, 1973, and residing in Jungalsikari, Gorakhpur.
However, the officer grew suspicious due to the apparent mismatch between Binod's youthful appearance and the age listed on the passport. Upon further questioning, Binod failed to provide any additional identification and attempted to mislead officials.
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A search of his mobile phone revealed an older Indian passport (P4035310) issued under the name Binod Kumar Yadav, born Feb 24, 1987, from Bhagwan Majha village in Deoria.
An Aadhaar card matching this identity was also found. Investigations revealed that Binod had previously travelled to Bangkok on a tourist visa in June 2023, overstayed, and later obtained a permanent residence visa. He returned to India in Nov 2024 and again departed for Bangkok in Apr 2025.
To bypass a blacklist imposed by Thai authorities due to his visa violations, Binod fraudulently acquired a new passport with altered personal details. The new passport omitted any reference to the old one, indicating deliberate concealment.
Confronted with the evidence, Binod admitted to forging documents to obtain the new passport and impersonate Vinod Singh Yadav. The matter was escalated to the assistant foreigners regional registration officer (AFRRO) of the Bureau of Immigration in Lucknow.
Accused was booked under sections 318(4), 319(2), 337, 336(3), 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and section 12 of the Passports Act, 1967. Binod was handed over to Sarojininagar police for further investigation.
This incident follows a similar case reported on Aug 4, wherein a Barabanki resident arriving from Dubai was caught at the same immigration counter with a forged passport. The accused, Izhar Ahmad with passport J2690381, had altered his identity to Mohd Izhar using fake documents and was carrying passport W8316463 when he was arrested.
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