Man arrived from Sharjah on a fake passport

The accused Manoj Kumar (29), a native of Kasargod in Kerala, was working in a private firm in Sharjah, police sources said.

After interrogation, Manoj Kumar revealed that his employer had confiscated his original passport in Sharjah. Hence, he met it out and requested him for a passport.

The accused, who got an original passport in the name of Govinda Raju, affixed his photograph on the passport and arrived here by an Air Arabia flight. He is in police custody now.

In another inident, the immigration officials at BIA arrested a research scholar who attempted to fly to London on a fake visa last night.

The accused Sai Lakshmi (26), a native of Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh, was pursuing her doctoral studies in Middle Essex University since 2002. But two months back, she returned back to India, police said.

However, recently she got a job in London and requested a friend to help her to get a visa. The friend in turn provided her a fake visa, police added.PTI