Two held with seven passports, fake US visa

AHMEDABAD: A team of Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested two persons with seven genuine passports and fake US visa and identity documents on Sunday night. The duo confessed being part of a larger scheme where the US immigration aspirants were promised the entire process without hassle.
According to SOG officials, a team led by sub-inspector M N Rathod got a tip-off that two men involved in immigration racket were to meet a man near Usmanpura crossroads.A team kept watch and nabbed the two men on basis of description provided. The duo was identified as Sanjay Prajapati, 36, a resident of Vadaj and a native of Kherpur, Mehsana and Hardik Nebhwani, 29, a resident of Naroda and native of Surendranagar.
"We found a total of seven original passports, various identity documents including voter's identity cards, driving licenses, visa stickers of various sizes for USA, two mobile phones and two pen drives. The visas were found fake. They prepared the designs after scanning and copying various original documents to later paste them on the passports," said Rathod.
Investigators said that Sanjay was arrested by crime branch officials in 2007 in a fake passport racket. Officials said that the duo is the last rung of an organized network of illegal immigration. "The two confessed that their clients shelled out Rs 17 lakh for immigration to US on forged documents. The duo's job was to get the documents in order. Then another person would take over. We have started the search for other players in the incident," said Rathod.