Five including two Lankans held in India

Fake visa racket:

An international fake visa documents racket was busted with the arrest of five persons including two Sri Lankan nationals in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Sleuths of Commissioners Task Force (Central Zone) team busted Chennai-based organised International fake visa racket by apprehending five persons after a raid at Malakpet and seized incriminating material from their possession, task Force DCP V.B. Kamalasan Reddy said.

The five arrested accused who include two Sri Lankans - Krishna Murthy and Veerasingan Rajan operating from Chennai along with the absconding prime accused Mohammed Shahnawaz alias Akif of Global Consultancy, Malakpet were allegedly involved in duping people by supplying them fake visas of Canada, UK, France and other European countries, he said.

“Murthy and Rajan were actively involved in sending Sri Lankan Tamils illegally to Chennai and later to European countries on fake visas for seeking political asylum and facilitating them in seeking refugee status,” Reddy said.

The Economic Times