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This story is from April 13, 2023

Two arrested for exchanging boarding passes at Mumbai airport

Two arrested for exchanging boarding passes at Mumbai airport
MUMBAI: A Sri Lankan trying to travel to the UK on a fake passport has been arrested along with a German for exchanging their boarding passes at the Mumbai international airport as part of a suspected trafficking deal.
Jenarthanan Sasanantham (22), the Sri Lankan, and Santosh Thangaratnam (36), the German citizen, had exchanged their boarding passes for Kathmandu and London, respectively at an airport toilet on Monday after passing security check and immigration.
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Both have been handed over to the Sahar police, who have registered a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy. They are investigating whether a trafficking ring was at work.
Sasanantham, police said, was keen to go to the UK and pursue a career. The two met at afive-star hotel in Santa Cruz on April 9. “As planned, Sasanantham was holding a fake British passport (in Thangaratnam’s name), with which he managed to clear immigration check and got a boarding pass to fly to Kathmandu. Thangaratnam got a boarding pass to travel to the UK. They went to a toilet and exchanged the boarding passes and continued. While the German didn’t face any hurdle and flew to Kathmandu, the Sri Lankan was caught when the wing in charge spotted differences in the passport immigration stamp,” said a police officer.
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V Narayan, principal correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, covers city crime, among other things. Lots of travelling, meeting people and developing contacts are his interests.

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