Bipon Anil Barua informed officers that he’s a Buddhist monk (Representational)
Mumbai:
A 32-year-old Bangladesh nationwide, who claimed to be a Buddhist monk, has been arrested right here for making an attempt to journey to Rome on an Indian passport that he had obtained by offering pretend paperwork, an official stated on Friday.
Bipon Anil Barua, a resident of Bandarban in Bangladesh, was apprehended at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Wednesday evening, the official stated.
Barua was to fly to Rome through Muscat from Mumbai within the early hours of Thursday.
When an immigration officer keyed in his passport particulars of their system, he discovered {that a} Look Out Circular (LOC) has been issued in opposition to him by the Foreigners Registration Office (FRRO), Mumbai, the official stated.
An LOC is a discover which prevents an individual from leaving the nation.
According to remarks on the LOC, Barua is a Bangladeshi passport holder. He used pretend papers to fraudulently purchase an Indian passport.
Barua informed officers that he’s a Buddhist monk and got here to India from the neighbouring nation through the Haridaspur border in 2015 to propagate Buddhism, he stated.
During his keep in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur in 2016, Barua stated he procured an Indian passport with the assistance of bogus papers.
Since then, the official stated, Barua used the Indian passport to go to Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom.
Immigration officers additionally recovered PAN and Aadhaar playing cards from him, he stated.
Barua was taken to the Sahar police station the place a case was registered in opposition to him below Indian Penal Code sections 420 (dishonest), 465 (punishment for forgery), 468 (forgery for function of dishonest), and 471 (utilizing fraudulent doc as real) and the Passports Act.
The passenger was then positioned below arrest, the official added.
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