Locations across Ahmedabad were raided by CID last week, where documents and electronics were seized to be scrutinised.
The detective police inspector of CID (crime) JG Amin and his team raided ‘Hightech Education’ located at the Samarth complex on CG Road on Dec 16.
A complaint was registered against operators Jigar Shukla and Nirav Mehta for forging documents for the aspirants of student visas.
As per the complaint, the accused forged marksheets, degree certificates, experience certificates, and bank statements for their clients of work permits and student visas to facilitate illegal immigration to the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.
During the investigation, forged documents were seized, including fake salary slips of different companies, letterheads, copies of the SSC mark sheet, a civil engineering student’s marksheet of Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University in Chhattisgarh, and fake results of the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) and TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
During the investigation, ₹53,860 was also found in the drawer of Shukla’s office.