Mangalore: Racket Supporting Illegal Immigration Busted
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (RS/SB)
Mangalore, Feb 4: In a raid conducted at an office near Pumpwell in the City on Thursday February 4, District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) police arrested a person and seized fake police clearance certificates and education certificates that enabled aspirants fly abroad.
The arrested person identified as Thomas Prasad D’Souza (32) resident of Chembugudde near Tokkottu is the owner of Chinar Associates and Travels in Pumpwell here. During the course of his illegal business, he was successful in sending 53 people abroad by collecting Rs 90,000 each issuing fake documents.
The police seized grade test certificates, police clearance certificates, cheque books and pass books apart from fake LPG connection cards, computers, scanner, printer, hard disc, pendrive and Rs 21,325 from his office. DCIB Inspector Venkatesh Prasanna said the racket came to light when three persons, planning to go to gulf countries, were rejected by immigration clearance at Mangalore airport as documents were found to be fake. The immigration officer K M Chandrashekar sent the documents to superintendent of police Dr A Subrahmanyeshwar Rao. Taking over the case, DCIB soon investigated into the case and found Chinar associates and travels to be the agency in the racket.
The fake education certificates were produced in the name of Industrial Engineering Institute near Mulky and Dadar in Mumbai, where as police clearance certificates were issued under the letter heads of Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs - Passport offices in various centres across India. In all 12 blank education certificates and 15 fake certificates under the letter heads of passport office in Bangalore, 9 in Chennai, 11 in Visakapatanam, 11 in Tiruchanapalli and 6 to Kozhikode offices were found, informed Venkaesh Prasanna. Further, clearance certificates were issued illegally in the names of superintendent of police of Kozhikode, Chennai, Visakapatnam and Kasargod among others.
The DCIB team comprised assistant sub-inspector Narayan Maniyani, Shashidhar Shetty, Santhosh Padeel, Ganesh Manya, Ganesh Kalladka, Chandra Adoor, Chethan Botyadi, Dharmendra, Dinesh Bekal,Kumar, Prashanth, Shanta Shetty and Devayya.