Two women passengers with fake passport held

CHENNAI: Immigration authorities at Chennai International Airport on Saturday detained two women passengers who attempted to travel to Sri Lanka using a fake Indian passport.

The passengers were identified as Ganga (46) and Sornakala (22). Airport sources said that the two women had produced an Indian passport with a Chennai address and a tourist visa to Sri Lanka.

However, when the authorities checked their database, they found the passport to be a forged one and prevented the passengers from boarding the flight.

On investigation, it was revealed that the women are Sri Lankan citizens and had come to Chennai a few years ago on a tourist visa and stayed back.

They had paid an agent to get them a fake passport. The women were handed over to the fake passport wing of the Chennai Police’s Central Crime Branch (CCB) for further investigations.