15-05-2025
Hyd: Police arrests two involved in tampering passports, Visas
Hyderabad, May 15 (UNI) The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) Police have arrested two persons allegedly involved in tampering passports and Gulf Visas, a police release said here on Thursday.
On reliable information, the RGIA Police along with SOT Shamshabad Zone apprehended two accused persons at Nampally in the city, for being allegedly involved in tampering passports, VISAs and encouraging ECR passport holders to bypass immigration laws and sending the innocent people to gulf countries without POE (Protect of Emigrant) certificates, Work Contract documents.
The entire operation was coordinated by Anji alias Penegalapati Ramanjaneyulu, resident of Asif Nagar , Hyderabad and Satyanarayana, resident of Penugonda Mandal of West Godavari District (Andhra Pradesh), who are currently absconding.
Seized Tampered VISAS (14 Nos), Passports (14 Nos), Copies of the Flight tickets up and
down from RGI Airport to Muscat (16 nos) besides seven mobile phones, one laptop and stamps from the accused.
They used two types of documentation to mislead authorities.
In one type, passports contained a 'CANCELLED' stamp on a work VISA, supported by tourist VISAs and round-trip tickets to be shown at departure.
In the second type, the 'CANCELLED' stamp was removed, and documents included original work VISAs, Police Clearance Certificates (PCC), and boarding passes to be shown at the arrival immigration in Gulf countries.
As per emigration rules, ECNR passport holders could travel for work without POE clearance if they had original work VISAs and PCCs.
ECR passport holders, however, required POE, job contracts, insurance, and original work VISAs. Ignoring these requirements, the accused sent individuals on tourist VISAs, destroyed those documents mid-journey, and presented fake work-related documents upon arrival. UNI KNR SSP
