A 24-year-old Indian man allegedly impersonating a 67-year-old elderly man bound for Canada has been apprehended by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the Delhi International Airport.
The suspect, identified as Gursewak Singh, was intercepted on Tuesday evening at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
It is reported that CISF personnel on seeing suspicious activities questioned Mr Singh.
Mr Singh initially produced his identity in the form of a passport bearing the name 67-year-old Rashvindar Singh Sahota. However, uUpon closer inspection the officers found that Mr Singh has just dyed his hair and beard white and was wearing glasses to enhance his elderly disguise.
CISF also found a photograph of a passport with Mr Singh’s real name on his mobile phone. Mr Singh has been handed over to the Delhi Police.
In September 2019, Jayesh Patel, a resident of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, has also coloured his hair and beard white, arrived on a wheelchair to board a flight to New York from the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Mr Patel was allegedly using a fake passport with the name of Amrik Singh, aged 81 years. LOcal media then reported that Mr Patel had allegedly been in touch with an agent, who gave him his documents and provided a makeup artist. He too was handed over to immigration officials on charges of impersonation and further probe.
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