The accused allegedly worked with travel agents based in El Salvador and Mexico to forge passports and other essential travel documents

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New Delhi, May 22

The Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a racket of illegally sending people to foreign countries with the arrest of four men. 

The accused allegedly worked with travel agents based in El Salvador and Mexico to forge passports and other essential travel documents.

The accused were identified as Girish (48), Himashu (23), Gagan (22) and Ramesh (38) run a tours and travel business in Tilak Nagar. 

The crime branch stated that the accused allegedly lure people by offering to send them to the US and other countries without a valid passport. They took Rs 6 lakh for a Schengen Visa and with that, they would send people to the US through the Mexico border. 

According to the police, they charged around Rs 27 lakh for illegal entry into the USA through the Mexico border. They created a chain of forged and fabricated documents including bank statements, fake ITRs etc. These documents are prepared with the help of high-end computer applications and editing software.

Special CP (Crime) Ravindra Yadav stated that the accused sent most of the passengers through two routes -Baku-Istanbul-El Salvador. The men would send people in a batch of 4-5 persons. From India, they would head to Baku, Azerbaijan via Sharjah (UAE) in Air Arabia. From there, they stay in Baku and book a return ticket but deliberately miss the flight and take a flight to Istanbul. When they reach El Salvador, two agents help them to cross the Mexico border.

The second route is from Europe. After reaching the Schengen countries, passengers illegally stay in Europe for some time. They either move to countries where they can easily violate travel codes or move towards Mexico and then the USA,  added Yadav.

The police seized 80 such forged passports, a large number of forged bank and travel documents along with a car, cash and VISA stamps.

The accused had allegedly been cheating authorities for almost 10 years. The network is spread across Haryana, Punjab, and Gujarat.