Three deported from Canada with fake visa, arrested at Sahar in Mumbai

Three persons from a family were deported from Canada to India by immigration officials in Canada after they were found carrying fake visas

Three persons from a family were deported from Canada to India by immigration officials in Canada after they were found carrying fake visas. An FIR has been registered against the trio and they have been remanded to police custody for further probe.

According to the Sahar police the three had taken a flight from CST International Airport in Mumbai to go to Jordan on September 21(HT File Photo)

According to the Sahar police the three had taken a flight from CST International Airport in Mumbai to go to Jordan on September 21. Their tourist visas for Jordan were genuine.

However, on reaching Canada during a check at the Airport, it came to fore that they were carrying fake visas to visit a relative there and were deported back to India. They landed at CST International Airport around 8.30am on September 24.

Immigration officials received them and took them to Sahar police station where a FIR was registered under Sections 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, amounting to cheating and crime committed with common intention. They were produced before a magistrate’s court and remanded to police custody till Monday.

The Sahar police are in the process of communicating with the Canadian authorities for more information on the crime.

They said they are probing to find out if any documents had been forged by the accused forged to procure the fake visas. In case there are fake documents, forgery sections will be applied, said a Sahar police official.