The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested an NRI agent for procuring a fake Greece resident card for his customer. According to the officials, the accused, identified as Narender Sharma (53), was originally a resident of Dwarka in Delhi and arranged fake resident cards for people wanting to migrate to Schengen countries.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI) Sanjay Tyagi said that in 2018, a passenger, Pradeep Hooda, was found travelling with a fake Greece resident card. Following this, a case was registered under sections 420, 468, 471 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code at the Delhi Airport police station.
During interrogation, Hooda disclosed the names of agents who had arranged the fake card; Vikul Sachdeva and Narender Sharma arranged the fake resident card. As per the information from Hooda, police arrested Vikul, who revealed that the resident card was procured by the other accused, Narendra.
Later, during the investigation, it was found that the accused Sharma obtained Russian nationality and was residing in Moscow, Russia.
The Russian passport details of the agent were procured. Then, on February 20, Sunday, Narendra was detained at Goa Airport after he arrived from Russia.
“On the basis of the information, Russian passport details of the agent were procured, and a lookout circular was issued against the agent,” the DCP said.
“The accused agent was then interrogated in detail, during which he confessed to his role in procuring the alleged fake Greece resident card in the name of Pradeep Hooda,” the official added.
