Madurai

Police sources said that immigration officers during a routine check found the passport possessed by Zhou Hong Zhang (42), who was attempting to board a Sri Lanka flight, to not be genuine. He was then detained and interrogated by the officials, when it was found that the passport possessed by Zhou was a fake one.

Investigations revealed that Zhou came to India on a business trip. His passport was, however, impounded by the Guntur police in Andhra Pradesh in a cheating case. Though he was let free recently, he could not leave India as his passport had expired.

An unidentified agent in Kolkata had then arranged a fake passport for Zhou to leave India, sources said.

 He was handed over to the Perungudi police, who have registered a case. 

Further investigations are on.

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