Passenger impersonates octogenarian to go to US, held

Agencies

September 11, 2019

New Delhi, Sept 11: The 32-year-old man, who was apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly impersonating an octogenarian passenger by using a fake passport, wanted to go to the US for employment, police said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Jayesh Patel (32), a resident of Ahmedabad in Gujarat was arrested on Sunday, they said.

He had coloured his hair and beard white and arrived in a wheelchair to board a flight to New York from the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday allegedly using a fake passport with the name of Amrik Singh, aged 81.

The passenger looked suspicious to Central Industrial Security Force officials on frisking duty as he expressed his inability to stand up from the wheelchair and was evading eye contact with them, police said.

The man was put through detailed checks, following which his original identity was revealed after he was arrested and handed over to the police who have booked him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and 12 Public Premises (PP) Act, they said.

"During interrogation, Patel revealed that around six months ago, when he had apprehensions that he would not be able to get a US visa, he discussed his desire to go abroad with a woman in his neighbourhood who asked him to connect him with an agent," said Sanjay Bhatia, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport).

Patel, along with his father, met the agent at a parlour in Kalol area of Ahmedabad. The agent assured him to arrange fake documents and send him to the US. After some time, the agent called Patel at a hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh where a makeup artist was arranged, the DCP said.

The makeup artist changed Patel's appearance, making him look like an octogenarian. He was provided with a passport in the name of Singh, a resident of Delhi. The agents also arranged visa and dropped Patel on a wheelchair to the airport on Sunday, Bhatia said.

The agent had also advised Patel to remain seated on the wheelchair at the IGI Airport to avoid the attention of the security personnel but he ran out of luck and was caught during security frisking, police said.

Police have initiated a manhunt to trace and nab the agents and sub-agents. Police teams are investigating the modus operandi to procure the fake passport, fake address and fake name, they added.

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Bodies of 9 migrant labourers including 6 of a family found in a well

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May 22,2020

Warangal, May 22: In a shocking incident, bodies of nine migrant workers, including six of a family, were found in a well at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21.

"Till now, nine bodies have been found in a well near a gunny bag godown at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21 and the rest were found today. As six of the bodies belong to one family, it has led to suspicion," said Dr V Ravinder, Commissioner of Police, Warangal, while speaking to ANI over phone.

"The four bodies that were found yesterday have been identified as Md Maksood (50), his wife Nisha (45), daughter Busra (20) and grandson (3). The five bodies that have been found today have been identified as that of Shabad Alam, son of Maksood, Sohail Alam (Maksood's family member), Shakeel, a family friend of Maksood," he further said.

The bodies have been taken out from the well and sent to MGM Hospital for post mortem.
Minister Errabelli Dayakar, District Collector Harita, Mayor Prakash Rao have visited the spot along with the Warangal Commissioner.

Md Maksood had migrated from West Bengal to Warangal 20 years ago. Since last December, he and his family members have been working in a nearby gunny bag manufacturing unit godown at Gorrekunta. After the lockdown, the family shifted from Warangal and settled down in the factory godown.

According to police, on Thursday noon when the unit owner Santosh came to the godown as part of his daily routine he could not find any of the labourers. Later, he discovered four dead bodies floating in the well.

The Warangal police has registered a case under Section 174 CrPC. They said the exact reason for their deaths will be known only after the investigation.

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Gas leak at pharma plant in Vizag, two dead

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June 30,2020

Visakhapatnam, Jun 30: Two people were killed and four others were taken ill after benzene gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company at Parawada near here early on Tuesday morning, official sources said.

The situation was now under control as the leak was restricted to one unit in the Sainor Life Sciences company, the sources said.

The two killed were senior employees of the company, they said.

The injured persons have been admitted to a hospital in Gajuwaka, with one of them being put on ventilator support, the sources added.

District Collector V Vinay Chand and Police Commissioner R K Meena visited the company to take stock of the situation.

The cause of the leak that took place in a reactor unit at the plant is yet to be established.

The incident comes nearly two months after 11 people were killed and over 1000 taken ill after gas leak at a chemical plant here.

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