Fake visa: Navy duo bought stamp machine from Vizag

Mumbai: Lieutenant commander Vipin Dagar and sub-lieutenant Braham Jyoti, accused of sending people abroad on forged documents, purchased a stamp-making machine from Visakhapatnam when they were posted there and used it to make forged documents needed for visa applications, police told a magistrate’s court on Friday.
The accused had also sent people to countries other than South Korea using forged documents, police said in its remand application, adding that this becomes clear from the inflow of money in their bank accounts.The two Navy officers were the kingpins of the racket, police claimed. The court extended the police custody of Dagar and Jyoti till July 9.
Co-accused Simran Teji and Ravi Kumar were sent in 14-day judicial custody, while Deepak Mehra alias Dogra was remanded in police custody till July 9.
Advocate Ravi Jadhav, appearing for Dagar, opposed further police custody arguing that his client had been falsely implicated and there was no documentary evidence against him. Jyoti’s lawyer advocate Rohan Sonawane argued that police had enough time for his interrogation as he was in their custody for five days. Police have already seized a mobile phone, two SIM cards, pen drives, multiple debit cards and other documents, and his custody was not required for further probe, the lawyer said.
Advocate Ajay Dubey, appearing for Mehra, said his client was only an agent who forwarded passports, and played no role in the visa fraud.
According to police, the gang managed to send at least eight persons to South Korea over the last one year, but two of them were sent back to India. PTI