CBI Raids Over 50 Locations In Bengal, Sikkim, Over Massive Passport Scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has unearthed a passport racket in Sikkim and West Bengal and is conducting raids on at 50 locations, sources said on Saturday. A senior superintendent of Passport Seva Laghu Kendras (PSLK) in Siliguri, along with a middleman, has been apprehended, the sources added.

The CBI has registered a case against 24 persons, including government officials and private individuals, for allegedly issuing passports on the basis of forged documents, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying.

The FIR names 24 individuals including 16 officials who were allegedly issuing passports on the basis of forged documents to ineligible persons, including non-residents, in return for bribes, they said.