This is a well organized conspiracy by Indian Immigration, Police,
Customs and Air India staff with networking at all the Indian
International Airports. Be watchful when ever you give your
passport to Immigration/ Customs/Air India staff. The pass port can
be easily tampered and can create trouble to you. They have found
easy way of making money from NRIs. This is the way it works:
At the time of the passenger's departure, if the passenger is not
Looking at the officer while he is stamping the exit, the officer
very cleverly tears away one of the page from the passport.
When the passenger leaves the immigration counter, the case is
reported on his computer terminal with full details. Now all over
India they have got full details of the passenger with Red Flag
flashing on the Passport number entered by the departure
immigration officer. They have made their money by doing above. On
arrival next time, he is interrogated. Subject to the passenger's
period of stay abroad, his income and standing etc., the price to
get rid of the problem is settled by the Police and Immigration
people. If someone argues, his future is spoiled because there are
always some innocent fellows who think the honesty is the basis of
getting justice in India.
Please advise every passenger to be careful at the airport.
Whenever they hand over the passport to the counters of Air India,
or immigration or the customs, they must be vigilant, should not
remove eyes from the passport even if the officer in front tries to
divert their attention.
Also, please pass this information to all friends, media men and
important politicians. Every month 20-30 cases are happening all
over India to rob the NRIs the minute he lands.
Similar case has
happened with Aramco's Arifuddin. He was travelling with his
family.
They had six passports. They got the visa of America and
decided to go via Hyderabad from Jeddah. They reached Hyderabad.
Stayed about a month and left for the States. When they reached the
States, the page of the American visa on his wife's passport was
missing. At the time of departure from Hyderabad it was there, the
whole family had to return to Hyderabad helplessly. On arrival at
Bombay back, they were caught by the police and now it is over 2
months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and
the Courts.
On going in to details with him, he found out the following:
One cannot imagine, neither can believe, that the Indian
Immigration dept can play such a nasty game to harass the innocent
passengers. All the passengers travelling to & fro India via Bombay
and Hyderabad must be aware of this conspiracy. Every month 15 to
20 cases are taking place, at each mentioned airport, of holding
the passengers in the crime of tearing away the passport pages. On
interviewing some of them, none of them was aware of what had
happened. They don't know why, when and who tore away the page from
the middle of the passport.
One can imagine the sufferings of such people at the hands of the
immigration, police and the court procedures in India after that.
The number of cases is increasing in the last 2-3 years. People who
are arriving at the immigration, they are questioned and their
passports are being held and they have to go in interrogations.
Obviously, the conspiracy started about 2 to 3 years ago, now the
results are coming.
Some of the Air India counter staff too is involved in this conspiracy.
