Bengaluru: The Koramangala police have arrested two brothers – a web designer and a junior TV artiste- for allegedly creating a fake recommendation letter bearing signature of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to get their passports.
The accused, Surya Roshan, 21, and Arya Roshan, 27, are residents of Sarakki Main Road in J.P. Nagar.
As per reports, the brothers had applied for their passports but the same was rejected since they had failed to submit proper documents. The duo, then came out with a novel idea to avail passports and resorted to creating a fake recommendation letter which had the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s picture and her forged signature. They also sent a fake letter through post that had her Personal Secretary Satish Chandra Gupta’s forged signature, asking officials to issue the passports.
Sensing something fishy, the RPO officials took up the matter seriously and enquired with the Ministry of External Affairs and found out that they were fake recommendation letters. They asked the accused applicants to be present in the RPO for verification, and also informed the local police. When the accused arrived at the RPO on April 10, they were arrested.
During a search at their house the police also found Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s forged signature on a paper, Central Vigilance Commission’s fake letter and fake letterheads in the name of several other officials and politicians,” it is learnt.
“Surya has completed PU, pursued web designing and some other computer courses, but was unemployed. He used this knowledge to forge documents. Arya, who has completed SSLC, used to do small roles in TV serials and films. They had applied for passports in 2012, but were rejected as they had changed their names and hadn’t submitted the documents. They applied again in 2017 and scared that their passports would be rejected again, they created fake documents,” the police said.
