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