Kolkata: The authorities in West Bengal have arrested on Passport office Seva Kendra (POPSK) for preparing fake passports to Bangladeshi infiltrators in the state on Wednesday recovered forged documents and gadgets in his possession.
Source aware of this development said that one contractual staff working in Post office seva kendra have been arrested by authorities for providing passports to Bangladeshi infiltrators illegally.
“With the arrest of Das, the number of arrests in the passport racket have reached five,” officials said.
Sources from the city police said that from Das’ possession, they have also seized fake documents of two leading public sector commercial banks, photocopies of as many as 36 Indian passports and visas from a particular European country.
Das said he was involved in the racket by Samaresh Biswas, another accused in the case arrested by the West Bengal Police on December 15.
Meanwhile, sources from the state police said that already 73 Bangladeshi residents have been identified who were provided with fake Indian passports by these rackets and some of them are currently residing in West Bengal.
Already some employees of certain POPSKs of West Bengal are under the scanner of security and intelligence agencies, both central and state, in the matter.