In a major breakthrough, the Kolkata Police busted a fake passport racket in the city. The Police also arrested two persons accused in the crime. Kolkata Police has informed that a SIT has already been formed to investigate the case.
As of now, the racket made 73 passports using forged documents. All the passports were gone to the illegal Bangladeshi citizens residing in the country.
As per the reports, the police arrested two youths, identified as Samaresh Biswas and Dipak Mandal. Both used to provide forged documents to the illegal Bangladeshi citizens to obtain passports. For this, they charged INR. 2 lac per person. The arrested duo also helped illegal Bangladeshi citizens to get documents like Adhar Card, Pan Card and Voter Card.
Among the arrested, Dipak Mandal, a resident of the South 24 Parganas district, worked in the Postal department as a casual staff member. Samaresh Biswas, a resident of the North 24 Parganas district, is the mastermind behind this whole racket, sources said.
Taking to ‘X’, Kolkata Police informed that a SIT has been already formed to investigate the matter further.
