Airport Cop, Jet Airways Staffer Chargesheeted for Human Trafficking


Airport Cop, Jet Airways Staffer Chargesheeted for Human Trafficking

New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI):
A Jet Airways employee, a Delhi police officer and an immigration officer have been charge sheeted for allegedly running a "human trafficking" racket.

The Special Cell of police filed the charges heeted in a court here against Immigration officer Chaman Azhar, Jet Airways staff Manoj Sarpal and Police Sub-Inspector Naveen Chandra alias Rajiv, indicting them for allegedly facilitating travel of passengers on forged passports and immigration stamps.

The three have been accused of committing offences of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence under the Indian Penal Code and also offences under the Passports Act.

In its charge sheet filed in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Parkash, the Special Cell said the fraud was detected after a woman Navdeep Kaur, also an accused in the case, travelling on Jet Airways flight to Toronto was deported from Brussels as she was found travelling on a fake passport.

Kaur was travelling on a passport issued in the name of one Asha Panigrahi, who told police during questioning that the fake passport was arranged by one Manveer, who had met her at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib here and proposed that he can arrange the passport for her for Rs 6 lakh.

The charge sheet said on March 28 last year, Manveer dropped her at IGI Airport where Manoj contacted her, gave her a passport in the name of Asha Panigrahi, carrying a Jet Airways security sticker and also a boarding pass.

Manoj then took the passport to Azhar who endorsed the immigration stamp on it and the boarding pass and provided another boarding pass of Air India to Kaur. Manoj then escorted her through domestic channel to the desired flight.

Kaur was, however, intercepted in Brussels, which was the transit of her flight.

Thereafter, Manoj was also arrested. He disclosed that he, in connivance with Azhar, sent Kaur abroad and that he has till date facilitated the travel of eight such passengers. He also disclosed that Azhar had approached him with the proposal to clear passengers on fake documents in lieu of Rs 50,000 per passenger.

On his interrogation, Azhar told police that he "cleared passengers at the behest of one Naveen Upadhyaya, who lured him with money and also asked him to involve an airlines official in human trafficking on false documents."

The charge sheet said the enquiry revealed Upadhyaya was once posted as personal security officer (PSO) at Lieutenant Governor house here.

The police has registered four different FIRs in the matter and has filed separate charge sheets in each of them.

  

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    Recently i travel by 'AIR ARABIA'flight from Mumbai via Sharjah. Nearly 1 Dozen Bangladeshis were in the flight. It is easy for them getting job after obtaining indian passport.

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  • irfan, udupi

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    should be hang them within 3 month, who knows how many kasabs and terrorist enter thru this channel, if they can send out of india then can get inside also. if not 6 lakh might be for 12 lakh.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    A clandestine network within the Airport,a dangerous network,a hole in the national security!.Punish the crooks severly, thier activities are enemy in nature.

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  • PHIL , MANGLORE

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    Hats off to u guys who arrested them.good good good n very very good.get all bad the baddest people.

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  • George, Dubai

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    This is what is usually going on in our airports. These men in Uniforms - Police, Custom officials etc.-most
    of them crooks. A few months back when I landed at Bombay airport, with just one small suitcase and an ordinary 32" LVD T.V which is within my baggage limit, a dark junior custom officer said I have to pay duty. I told him, that it is with my baggage allowance - just then a senior officer with a grey french cut comes in says "yes you have to pay Or just give us Rs.1000/= and you can go without paying any more"
    I knew that these Corrupt Government Uniformed Officials would haress me and keep me pinned down the whole day if I did not pay. So I paid these b*****s and left cursing them and their families as much as I could.

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  • Ramesh, mangalore

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    I saw this peice of story on my daughters Fb , there was a barber in UK. his 1st client (white) had a hircut n when paying the barber said i am doing community service , no need to pay , next day when the barber went to open his shop there was a boquet waiting for him, he had a policemen (white) same story repeated , next day he had donuts as gifts at his doorstep.
    he had a Indian IT fellow as his client same story , next day there was a big Q of Indians waiting for a haircut free of cost , this is my India ... n will always be corruption , greed , absolute apathy to others n earth will be forever in us .. ( i am not saying all these are not there in the foreigners , but i dont care what is there in them or wht is their culture, MY CULTURE SHOULD BE PERfect n without any faults )

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  • Don Amnon, Lower Bendoor, Mangalore

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    If all 4 involved ( Airports Immigration,Airline staff, customs and Police) we can import thousands of Kasabs or LET terrorist. God save India

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  • R.Bhandarkar., M

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    Tauro sir-but some say-
    I ROB MY INDIA...
    THEN PLAY DANDIA...!!

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  • INDIAN, MANGALORE

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    THATS THE TERRORIST ENTER OUR INDIA BY SUPPORT OF THESE CHEETERS. THIS IS A TERROR ACT. PUNISH THEM. ITS NOT A SMALL CRIME.

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  • Ismail Shaikh, Moodbidri/Dubai

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    This is the one instance. In all the Airports Immigration,Customs and Police chain together for corruption and crimes. The ill- fated will be cought once a while and the fortunates enjoying with it

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  • Prashanth, Mangalore

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    This is pure mockery of our security systems at Airport.

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  • Lancelot N Tauro, Manglore - Doha Qatar

    Tue, Nov 27 2012

    Thats why we say I LOVE MY INDIA.

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi/New York, USA

    Mon, Nov 26 2012

    This is a big slap on JET AIRWAYS, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. All the three and others involved in the racket should be put in prison to the maximum time without bail.

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA

    Mon, Nov 26 2012

    AMAZING!!! One (fake)passport RS 6 Lakhs!!!!People gone crazy?Airport Security Officers/Airline staff indulged in grave criminal activities which could be danger for national security.They should be dealt as per various IPC codes to remain in permanently in Jail

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