The crime branch of Ahmedabad police on Wednesday arrested three persons, including two employees of a visa outsourcing firm, for carrying out unauthorised biometrics enrolment of 28 unsuspecting visa applicants wanting to migrate to Canada.
Based on a complaint given by VFS Global, a visa outsourcing and technology services firm having its centre on Ashram Road in Ahmedabad, the crime branch on July 16 registered a case against four persons – Melvyn Christy, Sohil Dewan, Mehul Bharwad and an unidentified man.
While Christy and Dewan work at VFS Global’s visa application centre in Ahmedabad, Bharwad is a former employee of the firm. They were booked on the charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery and criminal conspiracy.