By IANS
Lucknow : The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police on Monday nabbed four people believed to be running a fake passport and visa racket from Mumbai, said officials.
Following the trails of touts after a complaint was lodged with the local police by a Lucknow resident, the STF sleuths went to Mumbai and nabbed the four suspects Monday afternoon.
“Our team led by deputy superintendent of police S. Anand recovered six forged passports from the possession of the culprits,” STF chief Brij Lal told reporters here.
“Apparently, the visas stamped on the passports appeared original. They were for countries like the USA, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Dubai,” he added.
The STF has secured transit remand of the four suspects from a local court and they are being brought to Lucknow.
Investigations were launched following a complaint by Veerendra Nath Sharma, who gave an advance of Rs. 25,000 to the touts for getting a passport and an early issuance of visas and was duped.