New Delhi:
The CBI is conducting searches at 50 locations in West Bengal and Sikkim’s Gangtok and has charged 24 people, including government officials and private individuals, for allegedly issuing passports on the basis of forged documents, officials said.
The CBI has arrested a Gangtok-based official and also a middleman, they said.
The FIR names 24 persons, including 16 officials, who allegedly issued passports based on forged documents to unauthorized persons, including non-residents, in exchange for bribes, they said.
The searches are spread across Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok and other locations, they said.
More details were expected.
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