A resident of New Ranip, who arrived in the city from the US early Friday morning, was arrested at the airport for travelling on a fake passport.
The arrested accused has been identified as Jitendra Patel. he had arrived from the US via Doha on a Qatar Airways flight and for immigration clearance presented his passport bearing the number N4391683, issued from Ahmedabad. his passport did not carry an immigration stamp for departure, officers asked him for details.
During his interrogation, Patel confessed to having travelled to New York on a forged passport in which he had pasted his photo on someone else’s. Patel told Pandey that he had obtained the passport with the help of an agent in Kalol named Jagga after paying Rs 50 lakh.