Prayagraj: Pratapgarh police on Thursday arrested a man, Dilshad Ahmed (37), a resident of Tajpur Sariyawan, Kunda, Pratapgarh, near Dhamaiyapur turn in Kunda area on the charges of obtaining two passports on forged documents.Police said, “An investigation following a communication from the Regional Passport Office revealed that the accused had obtained two separate passports by using forged documents to alter his name, his parents’ names, and his address. Passport number M0725304 was issued using an address in Mumbai (Maharashtra), while passport number P3984997 was issued using an address in the village of Tajpur Sariyawan, Kunda, Pratapgarh. However, the date of birth remains the same in both the documents.”Based on a formal complaint, an FIR was registered at the Kunda Police Station against the accused under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, and 474 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), as well as sections 12(1)(b) and 12(1)(c) of the Passports Act.
