United Kingdom citizen booked for immigration fraud at Bengaluru airport

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A record  photograph  of the Kempegowda International Airport.

A record photograph of the Kempegowda International Airport.

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials with the assistance of Immigration officials astatine Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) caught a 52-year-old United Kingdom nationalist for allegedly attempting to misuse question documents to facilitate amerciable planetary travel.

The accused has been identified arsenic Kandiah Rajagopal, a nonmigratory of Northolt Town of West London, who was scheduled to question to the U.K. connected Sunday. Officials said Rajagopal had reached the information clasp country of the planetary terminal, wherever his movements raised suspicion. The substance was brought to the announcement of the CISF, which successful crook alerted Immigration authorities.

Rajagopal was subsequently detained and questioned by Immigration officials astatine astir 5.30 p.m. connected the aforesaid day.

During verification, officials recovered discrepancies related to different Sri Lankan national, Sharusan Kunasekaran, who was scheduled to depart to Singapore connected an IndiGo flight. However, records revealed that Kunasekaran neither boarded the formation nor exited done the departure area. Immigration officials fishy that Kunasekaran took the boarding walk clearance of Rajgopal, and that helium whitethorn person illegally travelled utilizing the London-bound flight.

The CISF was informed of the irregularities, pursuing which Immigration authorities registered a ailment against Rajagopal for misuse of documents and usurpation of migration norms.

Further probe is nether mode to ascertain the afloat grade of the alleged fraud and to place immoderate imaginable quality trafficking for jobs web involved. Based connected the ailment filed by Mallesh A.S, migration officer, the constabulary person registered an FIR against Rajgopal charging him nether the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 for further investigation.

The lawsuit comes adjacent connected the heels of a akin incidental successful the past week of December, 2025, erstwhile 2 Sri Lankan nationals were arrested astatine KIA portion attempting to committee a U.K.-bound formation utilizing passports bearing antithetic identities.

Published - January 20, 2026 09:12 p.m. IST

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