The mastermind behind an international immigration racket, involved in duping people on the pretext of sending them to foreign shores, has been arrested by the police team of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport police.
The accused, who used to operate the whole nexus from abroad has been eventually arrested from Delhi, while he was trying to send over 30 people to foreign soil on fake documents.
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The accused has been identified as Gaurav Gossain (43), a resident of Tilak Nagar, Delhi. According to the police, the accused is an Arts graduate from Delhi University and started working with the members of a fake visa racket in 2015 to earn quick bucks.
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The accused has links with many agents in India and procures fabricated VISAS and other travelling documents from his counterparts in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Two of his associates belonging to Delhi and Punjab were arrested earlier.
Police have recovered 34 International Passports, four fake VISAS along with other incriminating materials.
According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport), Ravi Kumar Singh said that this year on March 16, based on behaviour detection and profiling, the suspicious looking three passengers, namely Sucha Singh, Surjit Singh, and Amandeep Singh, who was supposed to travel to Paris by Vistara Airlines, were offloaded, since the French VISAs affixed on their passports appeared doubtful During scrutiny, the German Embassy declared all three VISAs as fake and counterfeit.
Similarly, on March 24, based on behaviour detection and profiling, one passenger, namely Sushil Kumar, who was supposed to travel to Paris, was found suspicious at the Check-In area. As the VISA appeared doubtful, the matter was referred to the German Embassy after scrutiny declared the French Visa affixed to his passport as fake and counterfeit.
Two cases under relevant sections were registered in both matters and an investigation was taken up.
During the investigation, the arrested accused disclosed that they came in contact with agents namely Gurvinder Singh Mokha and Sandeep Kumar through common friends. Initially, they were assured by the agents that they will be provided with a fake Visa from France, in lieu of Rs. 36 lakh.
After the initial payment of Rs. 5 lakh, the accused introduced them to their associate and mastermind Gaurav Gossain, based in Dubai and operates a human trafficking racket from Delhi. The other accused Sushil Kumar was also introduced to Gaurav and the deal was finalised on Rs. 12 lakh.
In view of the large-scale scam running worldwide a team under the leadership of Inspector Yashpal Singh consisting of Inspector Sumit Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspector Om Prakash, Head-Constable Vinit, Vinod, and Constable Nitin was constituted.
The team made relentless efforts and finally succeeded in arresting both the agents namely Gurwinder Singh Mokha and Sandeep Kumar. However, the mastermind Gaurav Gossain was out of India and was continuously running his illegal international human trafficking syndicate from Dubai and USA.
He used to frequently travel to India to operate his racket. Hence, his Lookout Circular (LOC) was issued. In June this year, Gaurav Gossain illegally entered India via Nepal by road and started operating his nexus from India.
The police team through technical surveillance zeroed in on his movement and arrested him from Rohini, on December 08.
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