The Delhi police has arrested two Nepalese carrying fake Indian passports and claimed to have busted a network of travel agents who sent people to Afghanistan on fake passports.
The police arrested Vishnu Nath Gurung and Krishna Bahadur Rai at Indira Gandhi International airport on Sunday and recovered two fake passports from their possession. Police officials said that the two had got jobs as security guards with a private agency hired by US-led allied forces in Kabul.
“They had fake Indian passports in their names issued by the Regional Passport Office in Guwahati. Their passports were arranged by an agent in Kathmandu who got their visas and ticketing formalities arranged through another travel agent in Delhi,” a police official said.
The police had earlier arrested R.P. Yadav, a travel agent from Shakarpur who blew the lid off the racket.
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MCD gets Rs 271cr from govt
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
Delhi government on Monday approved the release of Rs 271 crores to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The funds have been sanctioned for the upkeep of municipal roads, urban development work and for the education sector, including provision of mid-day meal for the current fiscal. The Rs 271 crore fund allocation constitutes one-third of the total approved outlay to the civic body. “Rs 138 crores has been approved for urban development, Rs 36.75 crores for roads and Rs 96 crores for education, including mid-day meal,” Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia said.