Police say he was blacklisted by West Asian country, where he used to work, after failing to return there following a trip to India in 2019; the accused was travelling with an Indian passport made using forged documents from Lucknow
The accused, Mohamad Tahir, was detained after officials found inconstencies in his documents. PIC/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
A 45-year-old man who was blacklisted by Saudi Arabia in 2019 was caught by the police while attempting to fly to the West Asian country from Mumbai airport. The accused was travelling with an Indian passport made using forged documents from Lucknow.
The accused has been identified as Mohamad Tahir, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, who had been working in Saudi Arabia since 2011. In 2019, he was blacklisted by the country and returned to India. The Sahar police have arrested Tahir and begun an investigation into the matter.
According to police officials, the incident occurred on August 1, when Mohamad Tahir attempted to board flight number QP-567 to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The complainant is Ganesh Gawali, an immigration officer at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai.
A police officer said, “On August 1, the accused Mohamad Tahir was trying to fly to Saudi Arabia. During immigration, officer Ganesh Gawali stopped him. The accused presented an Indian passport, a Saudi Arabian visa, and a boarding pass. While checking the documents, officer Gawali grew suspicious about the accused’s age; he appeared to be around 45 years old, but his passport listed his date of birth, indicating he was only 35.”
Due to the suspicion, he was taken into custody, and the police found an old passport in his possession under his original name. A police officer said, “During the investigation, we found the old passport, and it was revealed that the accused had come to India on a vacation in 2018 but did not return. As a result, Saudi Arabia blacklisted him from re-entering the country.” “Because of this, the accused created a new passport using fake documents and tried to travel to Saudi Arabia again for work. However, he was caught and arrested.”
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