Saxena nod to try 11 people involved in fake passport cases

Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena has sanctioned the prosecution of 11 people allegedly involved in cases of obtaining passports by furnishing false and forged documents. With this, the L-G has granted prosecution sanction against 69 people whose names have figured in 46 FIRs under the Passports Act, 1967 that have been sent to him since April this year.

The sanction for prosecution was sought by the home department under Section 15 of the Passports Act for the offences enlisted in Section 12 of the act for obtaining passports and travel documents like visa etc. on the basis of false, fabricated and forged documents, an official said.

The L-G expressed concern that the agents who are co-accused and more often than not kingpins of rackets take innocent people for a ride yet remain untraced, an official said. The L-G was informed that eight agents involved in six cases of forged documents

BETWEEN APRIL and November, 40 more FIRs have previously come to the L-G for which prosecution sanctions were granted by him

have not been traced as yet, the official said. Between April and November, 40 more FIRs have previously come to the L-G for which prosecution sanctions were granted by him.

In the six cases, in which separate FIRs were lodged by the Delhi police between 2007 to 2019, the L-G has expressed displeasure over delays in taking action and pointed out that in one case there was a lapse of more than 16 years, the official said.

“He underlined that to avoid undue delays in processing such cases, instructions had been issued earlier which were not being followed by the Delhi Police as well as the home department, and there had been inordinate delay in processing and submission of cases for seeking prosecution sanction,” the official said.