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Five Travel Agents Arrested in Delhi for Passport Fraud Linked to Illegal Migration

Delhi Police uncover two interlinked schemes involving forged and swapped passports for unauthorized travel to Canada and Hong Kong.

The total deal was fixed for ₹32 lakh, say officials.
The case was filed at IGI after a Punjab man was deported from Hong Kong when it was found that there was no departure entry on his passport against his arrival. (Representational image)
Two Amritsar-based agents held for facilitating illegal travel using swapped passports

Overview

  • Delhi Police have arrested five travel agents, including Rupender Singh, Harish Chaudhary, Vishal Dhiman, Neeraj Passi, and Joginder Pal, in connection with two passport fraud cases.
  • Manpreet Singh of Punjab was apprehended on April 10 at IGI Airport attempting to travel to Canada on a forged passport; he admitted paying ₹20 lakh to Rupender Singh for the scheme.
  • Harpal Singh, deported from Hong Kong on April 7, revealed he paid ₹2 lakh to Joginder Pal for travel and employment, handing over his passport to the agents’ associate upon arrival.
  • Investigations show the agents reused Harpal Singh’s passport to facilitate another individual’s travel, exposing a broader smuggling network using swapped passports.
  • Police are probing the financial transactions of the accused and working to identify other members of the syndicates involved in these fraudulent schemes.