Delhi Police held a couple forging polish VISAs in Delhi, key facilitator is ASI in Punjab Police

New Delhi, June 23

The Delhi Police busted a fake visa racket and arrested three persons for allegedly cheating people in the name of sending them to European countries.

The police said the accused were forging Polish visas with the help of their associate based in Poland.

The accused were identified as Praveen (32) and his wife Priyanka (28) who were held from Jaipur. They police nailed down a key accused Jasveer who is a assistant Sub Inspector in Punjab Police.

The police said that the gang primarily operated in Punjab and Haryana and was trying to induce people to spend a huge amount of money to get a residence visa.

The matter came to light on June 15 when a passenger named Sarbjit Singh was caught at Delhi’s IGI Airport. He was allegedly carrying a forged Polish residence visa and the airport officials caught him at the immigration checkpoint. He was arrested after questioning and a case of cheating was registered against him.

The investigation into the case opened a can of worms for police. The police found that the passenger had met a man named Jasveer Singh who assured him a visa for Rs 12 lakhs.

DCP (IGI), Tanu Sharma stated that Jasveer is an assistant sub-inspector with the Punjab Police. He had given his associate’s contact to Sarbjit who then spoke to the accused and finalised the deal. Sarbjit had paid Rs 60,000 in advance to Jasveer.

The couple used to pose as agents and run a travel company named Flying Star Overseas Pvt Ltd in Janakpuri in Delhi. The police said Jasveer had transferred the money to the couple who then got a Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC) issued from Mumbai. CDC is an essential part of the travel documents needed by a passenger issued by the country of origin.

The officials further said that Praveen approached Sarbjit and asked him to wait for a few days while the couple spoke to their associate one Vishal, who lives in Poland. Sarbjit later spoke to Vishal on a WhatsApp call and received his visa online. Sarabjit was asked to pay the remaining amount to Vishal in Poland.

The police tried to catch hold of the ring but many had fled from their spots.

The police are conducting more raids to trace the other accused. The forged visas were being made in India and accused based in Poland, Vishal was helping with the visa stickers and other things to create a duplicate of the original documents, officials added.

The police are further probing the case to nail down the remaining accused in the syndicate.