
Police find spurt in attempts to fly abroad on forged certificates, travel documents
The Hindu
The Ernakulam rural police remain puzzled by the sudden spurt in attempts to fly abroad using forged educational and travel documents.As many as 12 cases were registered this month alone for such ille
The Ernakulam rural police remain puzzled by the sudden spurt in attempts to fly abroad using forged educational and travel documents.
As many as 12 cases were registered this month alone for such illegal attempts to fly to the U.K. through the Cochin International Airport Limited. This has prompted the formation of a special investigation squad led by Aluva DySP to probe these cases.
“The accused were charged with different offences, including forgery of educational qualification certificates and travel documents. They were found in possession of fraudulently secured student visas. We are not ruling out the involvement of an inter-State racket behind these incidents,” said K. Karthik, District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural).

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