Overview

• Guramritpal Singh Multani, 54, was detained on September 29 at Ahmedabad Airport after returning to India and was brought to New Delhi.
• He is accused of arranging forged Continuous Discharge Certificates for two travelers in 2019 through a Jalandhar associate, charging Rs 20 lakh each.
• The case was triggered when Ethiopia deported nine Indians carrying CDCs later confirmed as fake by Samoan authorities.
• Police records attribute seven similar cases to Multani, mostly registered at the IGI Airport police station between 2009 and 2021, with five co-accused already arrested in the 2019 matter.
• Delhi Police report 52 arrests or bookings in September related to forged visas and passports as the probe seeks to identify others tied to Multani’s network.