Gujarati Man Tries To Enter US With Stolen Pakistani Passport, Deported

India: A Gujarat man tried to enter the United States using a Pakistani identity but was caught and deported. AC Patel, who assumed the name Mohammad Najir Hussain, was sent back to India after US authorities saw through the deception, The Times Of India reported.

Patel arrived at Delhi airport on February 12 via flight AA-292, where his troubles escalated. Immigration officials were particularly alarmed that the Pakistani passport he carried was not forged but an actual lost document belonging to Mr Hussain. Delhi Police arrested him on charges of cheating by impersonation and misuse of a passport.

Under questioning, Patel admitted he had paid an agent in Dubai to obtain the fraudulent identity. Instead of renewing his Indian passport, which expired in 2016, he turned to human traffickers who arranged his illegal journey via Dubai.

“Human smugglers pick passports that are strong for getting a US visa or randomly assign some UAE citizen’s passport to sneak into the US,” a source told TOI.

In a similar case last month, authorities arrested a Gujarati man for allegedly using fake credentials to obtain an Indian passport before applying for Portuguese citizenship, a hyper local news outlet reported.