Delhi Police End 2025 IGI Drive With 130+ Visa-Fraud Arrests as Money-Trail Probes Freeze 100 Accounts
The follow-the-money push pursues asset attachment to weaken organised travel-fraud networks.
Overview
- Officers issued about 140 Look Out Circulars in 2025 to stop suspects from leaving India, leading to multiple airport interceptions.
- Police filed a court application to attach property allegedly bought with illicit proceeds, with more assets being mapped for similar action.
- The crackdown included the arrest of 119 proclaimed offenders, including suspects wanted in cases dating back over a decade.
- Enforcement extended to airport touting and theft, with more than 300 touting cases and over 400 arrests, plus 60-plus arrests tied to baggage and cargo theft.
- Arrests were made across multiple states against networks accused of forging travel documents and facilitating illegal overseas travel, with investigators tracing links despite heavy cash use.