Family of three held trying to fly to US on forged papers

New Delhi: A man, his wife and daughter were apprehended at

Indira Gandhi International

(

IGI

) airport by Central Industrial Security Force personnel for trying to travel to the

United States

using

forged documents

, officials said on Thursday.

The family, from Mehsana in Gujarat, were intercepted at terminal 3 when they were headed to board a flight via Frankfurt in Germany to Santa Cruz in USA, officials said. CISF officials said that at around 11.30pm on Wednesday, Ashvin Kumar Shankarbhai Patel, his wife Sudhaben Ashvin Kumar Patel and daughter Ashvinkumar Patel – all holding Indian passports — were in the check-in area of T-3. However, the visas on their passports appreared fake, said an official.

After confirmation from the relevant embassies that the visas were fakes, the trio were then handed over to the assistant foreigners regional registration officer at the airport for further action. TNN


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