Mumbai: The simplicity with which fake passports can be acquired is cited as one of the reasons for gangsters’ like Dawood Ibrahim, who possesses fake passports, which helped him to flee from India, Indian media reported on Monday.
According to reports, the Indian agencies revealed that Dawood Ibrahim has at least 20 fake passports, 8 of which were issued in Mumbai, Chhota Rajan has 8, and Chotta Shakeel 6. Besides them, most senior D-Company members – including Tiger Memon, Ayub Memon, Ali Moosa and Pathan Izaz – have bogus Indian and Pakistani passports. Before they ended in police’s dragnet, cops say, Abu Salem had 12 counterfeit passports, Santosh Shetty had 4 and Bunty Pandey 6.
The reports further said that although the figures may not be definitive, but it cannot be denied that gangsters hold several fake passport that allow them to elude the authorities adding that in cases of Salem and Shetty, the Indian authorities were sure regarding the number of fake passports they had.
“Criminals pay hefty sums to travel agents who bribe officials and get the verification procedure ignored. Take the Kandahar hijack case, where terrorists got forged passports or the 13/7 Mumbai terror plotters,” report added.
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