Security officials at Lucknow airport in Uttar Pradesh state have arrested a Bangladeshi man for buying a fake Indian passport for INR 100,000 ($1,256) and a fake Aadhaar (identification) card for INR 10,000 ($125) to go to the Middle East in search of work.
He has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
The accused has been identified as a resident of Pabna District in Bangladesh. However, the Indian passport and Aadhaar card seized from him identify him as a resident of Nadia district in West Bengal.
The immigration official told media that the person couldn’t satisfactorily answer why he did not book a direct flight for Kolkata, West Bengal, from Sharjah instead of landing at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
“During interrogation, he confessed that he was a Bangladeshi national and that he had bought an Indian passport for INR 100,000 ($1,256) and an Aadhaar card for INR 10,000 ($125) from a man in West Bengal," the official added.
The media reports stated that the accused was supposed to cross the border at night after stopping at Kolkata airport.