A Sri Lankan national was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru for allegedly letting another person travel to London using his boarding pass and UK visa.
The accused, identified as Kandiah Rajagopal, was detained after airport authorities noticed suspicious behaviour in the international departure area, reported NDTV.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel alerted immigration officials when Rajagopal was seen moving around the security hold area after clearing checks.
During verification, officials received information from Virgin Atlantic confirming that a different individual had flown to London on flight VS-347 using a boarding pass issued in Rajagopal’s name.
According to the police cited by the outlet Rajagopal
cleared immigration before allegedly giving his boarding pass and visa to a “friend”, who then boarded the London-bound flight. When officials noticed something was wrong, Rajagopal reportedly tried to book another ticket for himself, but security staff had already been alerted and detained him.
During checks, police found details of another Sri Lankan national, Sharushan Kunasekaran, who was supposed to fly to Singapore on an IndiGo flight on January 18 but never boarded the plane and could not be found inside the airport’s secure area.
Investigators are now trying to find out whether Kunasekaran was the person who travelled to the UK using Rajagopal’s documents. They are also looking into how the second passenger managed to get past airport checks and whether anyone else was involved.
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