Not sure if it is true, but wouldn't hurt to be careful. You know it can
happen!!
BE ALERT..!!!! Passport Tearing at Indian Airports....Read it
Carefully.!!!
Dear All,
Read it Carefully... . BE ALERT!!!
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 careful 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 interrogation. 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
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