Crime Branch Produce Charge Sheet against Man For Providing Fake Hajj Visa to Couple.

Crime Branch Kashmir produced a chargesheet in the court of sub judge Pattan against a tour operator for providing a fake visa and other invalid documents to a couple intending to perform Hajj pilgrimage.

The accused is Hamidullah Mir, a resident of North Kashmir’s Newran village of Pattan town of Baramulla. He is the proprietor of M/S Kaba Tour and Travels.

The crime branch had registered a case (FIR No: 17 of 2018) under section 420 RPC of Police Station crime branch Kashmir and produced the charge sheet in the court of Sub Judge Pattan against the proprietor of M/S Kaba Tour and Travels, Hamidullah Mir of Pattan Baramulla, an official of the CBK said.

He said that Crime Branch Kashmir received a complaint from one Ghulam Rasool Khanday of Pattan Bala, stating that he and his wife intended to undertake Hajj Pilgrimage and for that purpose contacted Hamidullah Mir, the Prop of M/S Kaba Tour and Travels, and paid him an amount of Rs 3.80 lakhs for arranging visa, air tickets and accommodation at Harmain Sharief (KSA) and other related facilities for them.

The said accused provided them visa for proceeding to Saudi Arabia for Hajj Pilgrimage and accordingly they proceeded for Pilgrimage in September 2016, but were stopped at Delhi Airport and were not allowed to proceed ahead on the ground that their visas are invalid and are not meant for Hajj or Umrah.

These passports and visas were verified and confirmed which turned to be fake and false.

On this count, case vide FIR Number 17/2018 under section 420 RPC was registered at Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir and investigation set into motion.

The allegations were established in the course of investigation against accused and it was also established that the accused had duped other Hajj aspirants hailing from Pattan area as well.