NRHM kingpin’s daughter held in bid to travel on fake US visa
25 Jan 2013 6:19 AM IST
The 21-year-old daughter of IAS officer Pradeep Shukla, an accused in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam, was arrested from IGI airport for trying to travel on forged US?visa.
The incident took place, on the intervening night of 22 January – 23 January, at the departure wing of the immigration at the IGI Airport, New Delhi.
The accused, Poulumi Pavini Shukla, was apprehended by the police officials at the immigration desk when she approached them for a clearance on Wednesday midnight. Shukla was carrying two passports, one which expired and the other was issued in August 2012.
The passport number, Z-2128891 dated 14 August 2012 was issued at Lucknow, who was intended to depart for New York by Flight No AI-101, had approached the counter for immigration clearance.
‘On scrutiny of her passport, US Visa Number 98653465 dated 9 January 2013 which was issued at New Delhi, was affixed on page number 35 of passport was found forged,’ said a police official.
After being arrested on Wednesday, she was produced before a duty magistrate at Dwarka court who let her off on a bail.
According to the police officials, Shukla was not cooperating in the investigations. She told the officials that she was a student of Mathematics at Pennsylvania University in Philadelphia, USA.
‘While her old passport has travel stamps of various countries, the new one only had this visa, which was found to be forged by the immigration authorities,’ said a senior police official.
The daughter of a senior IAS officer Pradeep Shukla, an accused in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam, who was caught in upgrading of 89 district hospitals in the state, under National Rural Health Mission scheme, causing a loss of Rs 16 crore to the exchequer.
The agency had received sanction to prosecute Shukla, the then family welfare secretary, on 30 November. The 55-year-old IAS officer, served as a member of the revenue board, was arrested by the agency in May 2012 but was released on bail.
The incident took place, on the intervening night of 22 January – 23 January, at the departure wing of the immigration at the IGI Airport, New Delhi.
The accused, Poulumi Pavini Shukla, was apprehended by the police officials at the immigration desk when she approached them for a clearance on Wednesday midnight. Shukla was carrying two passports, one which expired and the other was issued in August 2012.
The passport number, Z-2128891 dated 14 August 2012 was issued at Lucknow, who was intended to depart for New York by Flight No AI-101, had approached the counter for immigration clearance.
‘On scrutiny of her passport, US Visa Number 98653465 dated 9 January 2013 which was issued at New Delhi, was affixed on page number 35 of passport was found forged,’ said a police official.
After being arrested on Wednesday, she was produced before a duty magistrate at Dwarka court who let her off on a bail.
According to the police officials, Shukla was not cooperating in the investigations. She told the officials that she was a student of Mathematics at Pennsylvania University in Philadelphia, USA.
‘While her old passport has travel stamps of various countries, the new one only had this visa, which was found to be forged by the immigration authorities,’ said a senior police official.
The daughter of a senior IAS officer Pradeep Shukla, an accused in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam, who was caught in upgrading of 89 district hospitals in the state, under National Rural Health Mission scheme, causing a loss of Rs 16 crore to the exchequer.
The agency had received sanction to prosecute Shukla, the then family welfare secretary, on 30 November. The 55-year-old IAS officer, served as a member of the revenue board, was arrested by the agency in May 2012 but was released on bail.
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