NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi International airport police have detained four people who were running the largest international fake passport and visa networks. 

Reportedly, they had 325 fake passports, 175 bogus visas, and other items, according to Tanu Sharma, the DCP of IGI airport. "Zakir Yusuf Shaikh is the gang's leader. IGI unit received information on the gang, which led to its capture "the police officer added.

Earlier, a PP Act case involving passenger Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary, a resident of Gandhinagar, Gujarat, who was deported from Kuwait on the grounds of a forged and counterfeit passport, was filed at the police station at the IGI Airport.

Investigation revealed that the fake and fabricated passport was arranged by agents namely Zakir Yusuf Shaikh and Mushtaq alias Jamil Picturewala, both residing in Mumbai, who were introduced to Ravi Rameshbhai Chaudhary through a local agent namely Narayanbhai Chaudhary of Gujarat.

Both agents Sheikh and Picturewala, and also their Mumbai-based counterparts Imtiaz ali Sheikh alias Raju Bhai and Sanjay Dattaram Chavan, were detained during the course of the inquiry.

"325 Indian passports, 175 visas, more than 1200 stamps, 11 international driving permits, issued from Republic of India, 75 passport jackets, 17 Aadhaar cards, 12 colour printers, dyes for making forged Indian passports, two lamination machines, one paper cutter machine, two UV machines, photo polymer stamp making machine and other incriminating evidence were recovered," the police said.

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