Navy officer arrested for sending people to South Korea with forged papers: Police
Police sources said the racket operators would induce people to go to South Korea for better work opportunities and earn good money.
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It's suspected that Dagar and his associates have helped 8 to 10 individuals go to South Korea in fraudulent manner and charged each of them Rs 10 lakh.(Representational Image)The crime branch of Mumbai Police have arrested a naval officer of Lieutenant Commander rank for his alleged involvement in a fake South Korean visa racket. The accused naval officer was misusing his position in the forces, a police probe has found.
Lt Commander Vipin Kumar Dagar (28) was arrested on Thursday from Colaba after the officials from the crime branch received reliable information of the involvement of a naval officer in a racket which sends people abroad using forged documents.
He was produced in court on Friday evening and was remanded in police custody till July 5.
Police sources said the racket operators would induce people to go to South Korea for better work opportunities and earn good money.
They would then prepare their fake documents to meet visa criteria. Sources said that the racket members will share details of the visa applications of individuals, who wish to travel to South Korea for work, with Dagar.
In order to help the racket members, Dagar would visit the South Korean embassy in his official uniform and allegedly exert pressure on the concerned officials there for speedy processing of applications and to ensure that some discrepancies are overlooked due to haste, another source said.
It’s suspected that Dagar and his associates have helped 8 to 10 individuals go to South Korea in fraudulent manner and charged each of them Rs 10 lakh.
When the crime branch checked his background, they found that Dagar hails from Sonepat in Haryana. He joined the Navy around six years ago and has been serving in the Western Naval Command for the past one year.
He is a BE in Mechanical Engineering from INS Kerala. Dagar’s father too served in the military.
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