The Delhi police on Tuesday said three persons, identified as Aas Mohammed alias Shejad, Mohammed Altaf and Ayub, have been arrested for allegedly running a fake visa racket and duping people on the pretext of sending them abroad for jobs.
The complaint against the fake visa racket was filed by Jeeshan Beg, a resident of Mumbai, in the Krishna Nagar police station. In his complaint, Mr Beg said that he was unemployed and one of his friends had advised him to contact Aas Mohammed, who used to provide jobs in West Asia.
When Mr Beg contacted Aas Mohammed at his office in New Delhi, he was asked by the accused to deposit his passport and other relevant documents. The accused also took Rs 6,000 as processing fees for providing him a job. Mr Beg gave the accused Rs 6,000 and other relevant documents. The accused then asked Mr Beg to deposit Rs 30,000 for visa fees and other expenses.
He was told that his visa will be provided within a month. Mr Beg gave the accused Rs 19,000 in cash as advance for the visa and returned to Mumbai. A few days later, Mr Beg received an email regarding his visa for Kuwait. However, he got suspicious and contacted the Kuwait embassy in New Delhi.
“The officials in the Kuwait embassy told Mr Beg that his visa was fake. He then decided to lodge a police complaint. A case in this respect was lodged with the Krishna Nagar police station under Sections 420/468/471/120-B of the IPC and the accused were arrested,” East Delhi DCP Bhairon Singh Gurjar said.
During the interrogation, Aas Mohammed confessed to his crime. He told the police that he along with his associates used to dupe people in the name of sending them abroad.
The police recovered fake visas and other fake documents of various embassies from their office. Their antecedents are being checked. Further investigations in the matter are on.
