In the bizarre incident, a 51 -year -old man from Pune was captured by immigration authorities at the International Airport in Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahara in Mumbai for the alleged passing pages from Bangkok from his wife and family, the time from India informed.
According to the report, the man reportedly torn the pages of his passport at the International Airport in Mumbai after returning from a week’s holiday in Indonesia.
The report that quoted the Sahar police probe said the man had done this act to hide evidence of his four trips to Bangkok in 2024 from his family.
The man, identified as VK Bhalelerao, was booked by the Sahara police according to Section 318 (4) of the BNS (deceiving a person or fraudulent or dishonesty, including the person who delivered the assets).
Arrested during a routine check
Bhalerao was arrested during a routine check after immigration officials found that the site was missing from his passport.
“The official found that the parties 17/18 and 21-26 were missing,” the police officer Sahar quoted. The assistant of the immigration official Rajiv Kumar said in his police complaint that the pages carried immigration stamps for trips from Thailand.
Initially, Bhalerao refused to reveal the reason for manipulation with Pass, which led to the accusation of challenging Wing Infarm Vilas Vadner and a working officer.
“Permanent questioning helped immigration officials learned to learn the truth that the pages were pulled out to hide its Bangkok trips in front of the family,” Toi Rajiv Kumar quoted.
A similar case
At the beginning of August 2024, the first year’s student was booked for the alleged tear of four pages from her passport to cover his way to Thailand, FPJ reported. This journey made from 11 to 14 February.
Passports Act, 1967
According to the 1967 passport Act, it is a person who is regulated with the passports, guilty of a serious offense. Any modification or attempt to change the passport, whether performed in person or by someone else, without proper permission, is punished.
The violator may face up to two years in prison, fine £5,000, or both as a punishment.
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