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| Immigration problem in India - Alert to travelling |
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| Anonymous |
| 08/13/01 at 13:00:49 |
| Subject: immigration problem in India - Alert to ALL travelling Muslims As Salaamu Alai Kum This is a forwarded message, authenticity not checked, anyways no hassles in being informed and vigilant. Dear Brothers/Sisters in Islaam, Please read the following carefully. As your circle is very wide, I feel necessary to bring this to your knowledge so that you can take up the issue to high circles. This case has happened with Aramco's Arifuddin. He was travelling with his family. They had six passports. They got the visa of America and decided to go via hyderabad from Jeddah. They reached Hyd. Stayed about a month and left for States. When they reached States, the page of the American visa on his wife's passport was missing. At the time of departure from Hyd. It was there, without which neither the airline nor the immigration allow them to leave. Whole family had to return to hyd helplessly. On arrival at Bombay back, they were caught by the police and now it is over 2 months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and the Courts. On going into details with him, I found out the following. One cannot imagine, neither can believe, that the Indian Immigration dept can play such a nasty game to harass the innocent passengers. All the passengers travelling to & fro India via bombay and Hyd must be aware of this conspiracy. Every month 15 to 20 cases are taking place, at each mentioned airport, of holding the passengers in the crime of tearing away the passport pages. 90% of the defaulters are Muslims. On interviewing some of them, none of them was aware of what had happened. They don't know who, when and why tore away the page from the middle of the passport. One can imagine the sufferings of such people at the hands of the immigration, police and the court procedures in India after that. The number of cases are increasing in the last 2-3 years. People who are arriving at the immigration, they are questioned and their passports are being held and they have to go in interrogations. Obviously, the conspiracy started about 2to 3 years ago, now the results are coming. An official source who did not want to disclose his name & identity told to me that this is a well planned conspiracy in which the Immigration dept. and the Police dept. are hand in glove. Some of the Air India counter staff too is involved in this conspiracy. The methodology is that at the time of the passenger's departure, if the passenger is not looking at the officer while he is stamping the exit, the officer very cleverly tears away one of the page from the passport. When the passenger leaves the immigration counter, the case is reported on the computer. On arrival next time, he is interrogated. Subjected to the passenger's period of stay abroad, his income and standing etc., the price to get rid of the problem is settled by the Police and Immigration people. If someone argues, his future is spoiled because there are always some innocent fellows who think the honesty is the basis of getting justice. Please advise every passenger to be careful at the airport. Whenever they hand over the passport to the counters of Air India, or immigration or the customs, they must be vigilant, should not remove eyes from the passport even if the officer in front tries to divert their attention. Also, please pass this information to all friends, media men and important politicians. Thank you. |
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