<p class="title">Immigration officials separately caught three Indians who landed in Kempagowda International Airport (KIA) from Kuala Lampur with fake visas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arashdeep Singh (20) and Lakshvir Singh from Punjab, flew to Malaysia on tourist visas but stayed illegally there for ten months to work.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duo said they paid Rs 2.5 lakh in total to a Punjabi agent who secured them a tourist visa and they met a contact in Malaysia who employed them as security guards for ten months. As they worked without salary, they found themselves in a financial crunch and decided to return.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials said the two men paid 4700 Malaysian Ringgits to get their visas stamped to return to India. The visas had already expired.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the clearance process, immigration officials found the fake visa stamps and booked the duo under various sections of the Passport Act. The men were remanded to judicial custody. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In a separate incident, officials arrested 29-year-old Aravind Kumar from Uttar Pradesh who said an agent had cheated him. Kumar said the agent got Rs 1.5 lakh to get a tourist visa and a contact in Malaysia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After getting to Malaysia, Kumar worked as a labourer at a factory without a salary. His employer refused to hand his passport when he wanted to return. Taking help from a few locals, Kumar approached the Indian embassy and obtained an emergency certificate stating he lost his passport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar confessed that he borrowed 2,500 Malaysian Ringgits to pay a local agent and got the visa stamped. Officials in Bengaluru found the stamps to be fake during immigration clearance. International Airport police are probing the matter further.</p>
<p class="title">Immigration officials separately caught three Indians who landed in Kempagowda International Airport (KIA) from Kuala Lampur with fake visas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arashdeep Singh (20) and Lakshvir Singh from Punjab, flew to Malaysia on tourist visas but stayed illegally there for ten months to work.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duo said they paid Rs 2.5 lakh in total to a Punjabi agent who secured them a tourist visa and they met a contact in Malaysia who employed them as security guards for ten months. As they worked without salary, they found themselves in a financial crunch and decided to return.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials said the two men paid 4700 Malaysian Ringgits to get their visas stamped to return to India. The visas had already expired.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the clearance process, immigration officials found the fake visa stamps and booked the duo under various sections of the Passport Act. The men were remanded to judicial custody. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In a separate incident, officials arrested 29-year-old Aravind Kumar from Uttar Pradesh who said an agent had cheated him. Kumar said the agent got Rs 1.5 lakh to get a tourist visa and a contact in Malaysia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After getting to Malaysia, Kumar worked as a labourer at a factory without a salary. His employer refused to hand his passport when he wanted to return. Taking help from a few locals, Kumar approached the Indian embassy and obtained an emergency certificate stating he lost his passport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar confessed that he borrowed 2,500 Malaysian Ringgits to pay a local agent and got the visa stamped. Officials in Bengaluru found the stamps to be fake during immigration clearance. International Airport police are probing the matter further.</p>