Gujarat ATS nabs one Irfan Adam in duplicate visa and passport case

Surat: Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) raided and arrested an accused who illegally sends people to foreign countries by producing duplicate visas and passports in Mota Varachha area of Surat.

The accused named Irfan Ayyub Ismail Adam residing in Jadvat Faliya of Mota Varachha produces duplicate visas and passports of various countries. He has illegally travelled to Bangladesh 25 times. He was previously arrested in 5 cases out of 7 crimes filed against him in Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Mumbai and Calcutta. Duplicate passports of Nepal, Armenia, Turkey, Malaysia, South Africa, Canada, USA, Peru and Nigeria were found from his home during the raid. He had got bogus passports from various passport offices in Thane, Mumbai and Delhi. More than 50 photos and documents related to bogus passports were found from his phone.

The accused had posted on social media that he has settlements with airports. He has sent people to Europe, South Africa, Canada and the UK from Pakistan. He had put a ribald post on an advertising site stating that he will borne the expenses of travel, residence, food and shopping in foreign countries for a woman who is arbitrary, alcoholic, willing to travel foreign countries and have sex with him.

The accused informed during the enquiry that he was going to send two women from Surat to Canada. His plan was to send them to Bangladesh via Calcutta, keep them there for a month and then send them to Canada via Dubai after producing a bogus birth certificate.