The police have arrested a person who was preparing to go out of the country on fake passport and forged documents. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Dehradun Sadanand Date told media persons at his office on Wednesday that the local Intelligence Unit (lIU) team of district police has confirmed the fact.
In wake of the recent terrorist attacks in French capital Paris the SSP had ordered increased vigil of the people who are staying the hotels of the city. On Tuesday night, a team led by Inspector Yogesh Chandra visited a guest house located near ISBT and found that one Brahmanand Reddy a resident of Andhra Pradesh is staying in the hotel for last one month. On inquiry he revealed that he had come to the city to get a passport.
The lIU team found his passport suspicious and on initial checking found it fake. Reddy had even given wrong information that he is a resident of Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.
The Andhra native told the police that one of his acquainted person who is now working in Dubai had told him about Dehradun Garhi cant resident Ashish alias Bobby who works in a placement agency. When contacted, Ashish assured Reddy that he would provide Reddy a passport and demanded a sum of `2 lakh for it.
Reddy further informed the Police that Ashish had promised him to provide a Visa too and he had given him `1 lakh in different installments for the purpose. The police have arrested both persons and interrogating them.