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>>Subject: Be Careful at the Indian Airports >>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:18:26 -0700 (PDT) >> >>Dear All, >> >>Be Careful At the Indian Airports >> >>This is a well organized conspiracy by Indian >>Immigration, Police, Customs and Air India staff with >>networking at all the Indian International Airports. >>Be watchful when ever you give your passport to >>Immigration/ Customs/Air India staff. The pass port >>can be easily tampered and can create trouble to you. >>They have found easy way of making money from NRIs. >>This is the way it works: >> >>At the time of the passenger's departure, if the >>passenger is not Looking at the officer while he is >>stamping the exit, the officer very cleverly tears >>away one of the page from the passport. >> >>When the passenger leaves the immigration counter, the >>case is reported on his computer terminal with full >>details. Now all over India they have got full details >>of the passenger with Red Flag flashing on the >>Passport number entered by the departure immigration >>officer. They have made their money by doing above. On >> >>arrival next time, he is interrogated. Subject to the >>passenger's period of stay abroad, his income and >>standing etc., the price to get rid of the problem is >>settled by the Police and Immigration people. If >>someone argues, his future is spoiled because there >>are always some innocent fellows who think the honesty >>is the basis of getting justice in India. >> >>Please advise every passenger to be careful at the >>airport. Whenever they hand over the passport to the >>counters of Air India, or immigration or the customs, >>they must be vigilant, should not remove eyes from the >>passport even if the officer in front tries to divert >>their attention. >> >>Also, please pass this information to all friends, >>media men and important politicians. Every month 20-30 >>cases are happening all over India to rob the NRIs the >>minute he lands. Similar case has happened with >>Aramco's Arifuddin. He was travelling with his family. >>They had six passports. They got the visa of America >>and decided to go via Hyderabad from Jeddah. They >>reached Hyderabad. Stayed about a month and left for >>the States. When they reached the States, the page of >>the American visa on his wife's passport was missing. >>At the time of departure from Hyderabad it was there, >>the whole family had to return to Hyderabad >>helplessly. On arrival at Bombay back, they were >>caught by the police and now it is over 2 months, they >>are running after the Police, Immigration officers and >> >>the Courts. >> >>On going in to details with him, he found out the >>following: >> >>One cannot imagine, neither can believe, that the >>Indian Immigration dept can play such a nasty game to >>harass the innocent passengers. All the passengers >>travelling to & fro India via Bombay and Hyderabad >>must be aware of this conspiracy. Every month 15 to >>20 cases are taking place, at each mentioned airport, >>of holding the passengers in the crime of tearing away >>the passport pages. On interviewing some of them, none >>of them was aware of what had happened. They don't >>know why, when and who tore away the page from the >>middle of the passport. >> >>One can imagine the sufferings of such people at the >>hands of the immigration, police and the court >>procedures in India after that. The number of cases is >>increasing in the last 2-3 years. People who are >>arriving at the immigration, they are questioned and >>their passports are being held and they have to go in >>interrogations. Obviously, the conspiracy started >>about 2 to 3 years ago, now the results are coming. >> >>Some of the Air India counter staff too is involved in >>this conspiracy. >> >> >>KINDLY SEND THIS TO AS MANY AS YOUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE >>WORLD AND ALSO REQUEST THEM TO CHECK THE PASSPORT AT >>THE CHECKING COUNTERS AND BEFORE LEAVING THE AIRPORT. . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
