Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Passenger Held at Hyderabad Airport Over Fake eMigrate Certificate
Police stopped a passenger at Hyderabad airport before he could board a flight to Muscat.
He had documents saying he was going abroad to work on a ship.
Officials suspected that one important certificate was fake.
They checked it with the government’s eMigrate helpline.
The helpline said the certificate belonged to a different person named Arjun Singh.
The passenger was identified as Kundan Singh.
Police also said a travel agent named Arun Bhatt helped provide the forged papers for money.
Cases were registered against both the passenger and the agent.
Hyderabad CCS police registered cases against passenger Kundan Singh and travel agent Arun Bhatt.
The passenger was intercepted at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport while attempting to fly to Muscat.
He allegedly produced a fake Form-1B eMigrate certificate for a seafarer assignment.
The certificate’s reference number was found to belong to another Indian national, Arjun Singh.
Police allege agent Arun Bhatt supplied forged documents after collecting money from the passenger.
- Who
- Passenger Kundan Singh and travel agent Arun Bhatt are the accused; an RGIA immigration officer filed the complaint.
- What
- Police registered cases over an allegedly fake Form-1B eMigrate certificate and other forged documents.
- When
- The articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad; the case was later transferred from RGIA police to Hyderabad CCS.
- Why
- The passenger allegedly used a certificate issued in another person’s name to travel to Muscat for a seafarer assignment.
- Airport
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad
- Destination
- Muscat
- Flight
- Flight No. 6E-1273
- Passenger
- Kundan Singh, 37
- Document
- Suspected fake Form-1B eMigrate certificate
- Certificate mismatch
- The reference was confirmed as belonging to Arjun Singh, not Kundan Singh
- Alleged agent
- Arun Bhatt
- Legal sections
- Sections 22 and 24 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2026, as stated in the article