CISF nabs 9 passengers with forged documents

New Delhi: CISF on Monday said that they have apprehended nine passengers including four women with with forged travelling document at IGI Airport.

According to CISF, on March 7, they noticed suspicious activities of four passengers in check-in area of terminal-3.

"During Pre-Embarkation Security Check (PESC) at Security Hold Area (SHA), they showed the boarding passes of Air India flight, bound for Mumbai," CISF said.

On completion of their security check, they were intercepted and enquired. On enquiry, initially they showed their boarding passes but during questioning, they produced the passports in the name of Arun Kapoor, Krish Kapoor, Muskan Kapoor, Riya Kapoor, having immigration stamp bound for Toronto on March 8. Subsequently, their luggage were thoroughly

checked.

"On physical search of their baggage, some ID cards in the name of Patel Hardik Kumar, Patel Vishwas Vishhnubhai, Parsanba Jivaji Zala and Patel Hinal were also recovered, a senior official said. On examination of their documents their passports appeared to be forged. Later, this was confirmed by Immigration officials.

"Further during enquiry other passengers were located in boarding gate area. Probe further revealed that one Aman Nayyar, who was also caught, was the mediator who helped them in exchanging the documents," CISF official said.

Later, all the nine passengers along with the recovered forged documents were handed over to Immigration Officials for further action in the matter.

In another incident, the CISF has apprehended two Kyrgyzstan nationals carrying USD 1.76 lakh at the Delhi airport, officials said on Saturday.