An Indian couple managed to get asylum in France by procuring forged Bangladeshi citizenship documents but they got caught at Delhi airport when they arrived in India to attend the last rites of their relative after five years.
The couple identified as Biswajit Das, his wife Rinku Das and their minor daughter, all natives of Nadia district in West Bengal was held at Indira Gandhi International Airport for procuring passports of India and France. Police informed that the couple has been booked under sections of Forgery, Passport Act and other relevant sections. The arrested man is presently in police custody and his wife is in judicial custody. The custody of the minor child has been handed over to their family members.
“We got a complaint from immigration officials regarding the couple for having dual passports i.e. French Passport and Indian Passport. It was alleged that these three passengers were holding French travel documents and they approached for departure immigration clearance to French capital Paris by Air India flight,” said a senior police officer.
