Man who helped gangster Deepak 'Boxer' get passport on false name arrested

A 47yearold man has been arrested from Rohini for allegedly helping gangster Deepak Boxer get a fake passport based on a fictitious ID police said on WednesdayDelhi Polices Special Cell had nabbed the gangster in Mexico and brought him here on April 5 According to officials Deepak was helped by another criminal who as part of a deal not only arranged his escape abroad but also spent Rs 55 lakh on the sameOn Tuesday the Delhi police arrested Mehfooz Khan a resident of Uttar Pradeshs Moradabad from Rohini Sector15 where he came to deliver fake passports and other forged documents to his associate Special Commissioner of Police Special Cell HGS Dhaliwal saidSix fake passports photocopies of two forged passports and as many Aadhaar cards were seized from him the police officer said adding Khan had gone into hiding after learning about gangster Deepaks arrestAlso Read Police initiate probe after Delhi school gets bomb threatKhan told police that after completing his postgraduation in political science he got into the business of supplying Mata ki Chunni scarfs used in religious events to Jammu Amritsar Bangalore and Surat in association with his maternal uncle had a manufacturing unit at Rampur in Uttar PradeshHe quit the business in 2014 when his wife suffered serious health issues and opened a tour and travel office in Moradabad He used to help people in applying for passports for people wanting to go on HajThis was when he met a passport agent outside the Regional Passport Office in Bareilly With that person Khan and his associates started making forged documents for the issuance of passports police saidIn November 2022 one person told him to make a passport for a person in the name of Ravi Antil and paid him Rs 5000 to prepare forged Aadhar and PAN cards in that name with the address of Naththa Nagla village in Moradabad they saidKhan took another Rs 5000 to apply for the passport On December 14 last year Ravi Antil alias Deepak Boxer met him outside Passport Sewa Campa at Rampur and completed the process of getting the passport Khan delivered the passport to Deepak in Bareilly on December 19 and took Rs 8000 from him police addedAccording to Dhaliwal Deepak Boxer the winner of a nationallevel boxing championship was arrested after extensive work by police and with the help of US agenciesDeepak got a passport made in Bareilly and took a flight from Kolkata He changed flights to reach Mexico His aim was to cross into the US The FBI and the Mexico Police really helped a lot to arrest him Dhaliwal had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever