In a series of events that feel straight out of a funny movie, a man was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport or CSMIA in Mumbai. When he was going through the routine checks before his scheduled flight to Bangkok in Thailand, the officials noticed something unusual about his passport. Here are all of the important details that you would need to know about this singular series of events.
Man Alters Passport Pages To Hide Thailand Trips From Wife
According to an article which was recently published by Times Now or TN, the man was identified as one Tushar Pawar. He is 33 years old, lives in Satara and is a business owner. He was heading to Bangkok on an Air India flight numbered AI-330 and was going through routine checks when officials noticed something fishy.
Aastha Mithal, an official from the Immigration Bureau, noticed that his passport had a lot of discrepancies. Upon further inspection, it was found that he had replaced a total of 12 stamped pages from the passport and replaced them with blank ones.
When he was interrogated, he admitted to tampering with the passport and altering it to mislead his wife. He did not want his wife to know that he had been travelling frequently to Thailand with his friends. He took a trip there in 2023 and 2024 respectively and altered his passport to conceal this fact.
He Was Arrested At Mumbai International Airport For It
The authorities took action against the man for doing this. They filed a case against Pawar under section 318 (4) of the Indian Penal Code or IPC for cheating. Other relevant sections under the Indian Passport Act (1967) were also cited.
This incident serves as a reminder against tampering with official documents like passports. Doing so for any reason can land you in legal trouble.
Have you ever heard of such an incident? What would you do if you found out that your partner did the same? Let us know in the comments section below!
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First Published: July 14, 2024 2:24 PM