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Lucknow Surgeon and Associate Charged in Plastic Surgery Scheme for Undocumented Uzbek Women

The Foreigners Regional Registration Office has begun investigating a suspected network that facilitated illegal stays through identity manipulation

The FIR invokes sections of the BNS, specifically 318(4) for cheating and 61 for criminal conspiracy, along with Section 5 of the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, and Sections 14(A) and 7(1) of the Foreigners Act, 1946, pertaining to the illegal stay of foreign nationals and violation of the relevant act. (Pic for representation)
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Overview

  • FRRO officers raided a New Hazratganj flat on June 20 and detained Holida and Nilofar for residing in Lucknow without valid passports or visas
  • The women admitted to losing their travel documents two years after arriving and undergoing cosmetic procedures at Dr Vivek Gupta’s clinic to alter their appearances
  • First Information Reports invoke the Foreigners Act and sections 318(4) and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita against Dr Gupta and Trijin Raj alias Arjun Rana for cheating and conspiracy
  • Authorities have placed the two Uzbek nationals under continuous FRRO surveillance while probing connections to a larger network involved in illegal immigration and document forgery
  • Investigators are examining the role of intermediary Lola Kayumova and other associates in arranging the women’s entry, accommodation and surgeries