Chinese man with Indian passport held in Delhi
Friday - September 21, 2018 11:46 am ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi Sep 21 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a 39-year-old Chinese man who had been living in the country with an Indian passport for at least six years an official said here on Friday.
A case has been registered against Tsao Lung for violating the Passport Act and the Foreigners Act along with cheating and forgery under the Indian Penal Code. His illegally obtained passport and Aadhaar card have been seized. The police official told IANS on Friday that Tsao had been living in India with the name Charlie Peng. He was arrested on September 13 from north Delhi s Majnu Ka Tilla. However no case was filed under the Official Secrets Act amid rumours that he was running a spy ring. "We can t confirm whether he was here as a secret agent. However in the course of investigation we won t rule out that possibility " the official said. Lung had Rs 3.4 lakh $2 200 and 20 000 Thai baht which have been confiscated. According to the police he married a girl from Mizoram and was currently staying in Gurugram.
--IANS mg/ksk
A case has been registered against Tsao Lung for violating the Passport Act and the Foreigners Act along with cheating and forgery under the Indian Penal Code. His illegally obtained passport and Aadhaar card have been seized. The police official told IANS on Friday that Tsao had been living in India with the name Charlie Peng. He was arrested on September 13 from north Delhi s Majnu Ka Tilla. However no case was filed under the Official Secrets Act amid rumours that he was running a spy ring. "We can t confirm whether he was here as a secret agent. However in the course of investigation we won t rule out that possibility " the official said. Lung had Rs 3.4 lakh $2 200 and 20 000 Thai baht which have been confiscated. According to the police he married a girl from Mizoram and was currently staying in Gurugram.
--IANS mg/ksk
