Man held for false details in passport at Madurai airport

Madurai: Police arrested a 54-year-old man at the Madurai airport on Tuesday after immigration officials caught him with a passport containing fake details.The accused, Periyasamy, a resident of Kadayanallur in the Tenkasi district, arrived from Dubai on Tuesday morning. A source said during a routine scrutiny of travel documents, immigration officer Arunkumar noticed discrepancies in the passenger's passport history. Investigations revealed that the accused intentionally altered his birth date from Feb 4, 1972, to May 5, 1982, in his Aadhaar card to circumvent age-related documentation hurdles. He further manipulated the spelling of his name and his father's name to bypass the verification system to secure a new passport, which he used to travel to Dubai for work in 2024. Following a complaint by the immigration wing, the Avaniyapuram police registered a case under various sections of the BNS and the Passports Act and arrested him.