In yet another crackdown on counterfeiting Nepali passports !

Police have busted a racket involved in forging passports and arrested nine persons from various places in Kathmandu.

A
police team from Metropolitan Police Range, Hanumandhoka arrested
Devendra Luintel from Kapan, Masid Ullah from Bagbazaar and seven others
from various parts of the capital.

They have also recovered 52
passport books, fake police reports, fake visa of gulf countries, and
fake documents of various educational institutions. The seized passport
books were original ones, according to the police.

Police have
claimed Luintel has been involved in forging passports and sending
Nepali workers to gulf countries with fake visas. They also recovered a
list of persons who had gone to the gulf countries for work with fake
visas.

Earlier, police posed as 'customers' to establish Luintel and Ullah's involvement in forging passports and visas.

Based
on a tipoff criminal division of the metropolitan police sent one of
its staff to the travel agency run by Ullah in Bagbazaar. Ullah told the
policemen in disguise of customers the passport would be ready in five
days for Rs 20,000.