Fake passport racket kingpin held in Kolkata

The kingpin of an inter-state fake passport racket was arrested from the metropolis on Thursday, police said.

The kingpin of an inter-state fake passport racket was arrested from the metropolis on Thursday, police said.

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Anup Dutta, a resident of south Kolkata, was arrested on the basis of a 2005 case registered at the NSC Bose International Airport for dealing in fake passports.

During investigation, Dutta confessed to having linkmen in neighbouring states, where he had issued a number of fake passports in the last few years.

Dutta would be produced at the Barrackpore SDJM court.