Ahmedabad: He was carrying with him a phony passport, a fake visa and he sported a fake moustache in order to assume the identity of another man! But the intended journey to Paris of this 25-year-old from Surat crash landed at Ahmedabad airport itself, in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Joint commissioner of police Shamsher Singh, special branch of the city police that looks after the immigration cell at the airport said this was a one of its kind case.
Immigration officials at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) say they apprehended a person identified as Abdul Rashid Saiyed, 25, a resident of Rander in Surat. He intended to go to Paris via Doha by a Qatar Airways flight (QR-283) to be with his father and mother. Officials said that Saiyed had got his boarding pass cleared. However, immigration officials suspected something amiss.
"We found that his accent did not match his claims of being a Hindu. When we began questioning him he broke down and confessed to travelling on a passport and visa belonging to a Hindu in Gandhinagar. He had a fake moustache which was not glued properly and this was enough for us to arouse our suspicio," immigration sources said.
AHMEDABAD: For imposters, this was a favorite way to disguise themselves in Bollywood films. However, a Surat resident made an unsuccessful attempt to fly to Paris with a fake moustache on Wednesday afternoon as immigration officials soon removed his moustache, and uncovered his illicit plan.
Immigration officials caught Abdul Rasheed Saiyed from the international terminal from where he was about to board the Qatar Airways 283 flight Ahmedabad-Doha-Paris, which takes off at 5.25 pm. Saiyed was found traveling on Gandhinagar-resident Kamleshkumar Prahladbhai Parekh's passport. He was handed over to Sardarnagar police station officials for further investigations.
"After taking the boarding pass when Saiyed came for immigration clearance, the official on duty raised doubts while verifying the photo in passport. Saiyed looked nervous when the immigration officials told him that the photo in the passport is not his, but he maintained that it's an old photo. However, officials were sure that the moustache in the photo and the one on Saiyed were completely different," said a Sardnarnagar police station official. However, what came next was a shocker to other fliers at the airport on Wednesday afternoon.
"Not convinced with Saiyed's replies, the immigration officials pulled his moustache and found that it was only an imitation. During his quizzing, Saiyed said that Surat-based agent Raju Soni had given him Parekh's passport for traveling to Paris. He said the agent took Rs 3 lakh for giving the passport," the official said.
Immigration officials at Ahmedabad airport said that Parekh's photo in passport and Saiyed's face have resemblances, but a closer look narrates the difference.
"Since the time he came to the immigration counter he had put his hand on the face as if he was trying to cover his moustache. But when asked he maintained that he was going to Paris for a job and that the photo on passport was an old one," said an immigration official. Police officials have seized the passport and will now record statements of the agent and Parekh.
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