New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday arrested seven people for running a fake visa racket that duped over 1,000 people of ₹6 crore. Among those arrested was the kingpin of the racket, Inamul Haq, a relative of terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen, police said.
Haq, an engineering graduate, is a resident of Bihar’s Darbhanga and lived in Delhi’s Zakir Nagar, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav told a press conference.
“The gang used to open offices at different places and call people from a call centre. They would close the office after a person was duped and look for another victim,” he said.
“They used to say that their company was based in Dubai and uploaded the company profile on the Indian employment website Naukri.com,” Mr Yadav added.
They used to charge ₹60,000 from people to send them to Gulf countries and Malaysia.
“Most of the people who were duped were from Kerala,” the police officer said.
Mr Yadav said the gang used to tell people that they would first get them the travel permit and then the work permit would be given on arrival in the Gulf country. They asked people to send money to a bank account, the police said.
The gang members advertised their business on social media platforms.
Police said they also recovered over 100 passports, several laptops and fake Aadhar cards.
