Fake passport racket busted

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Aug. 11: A major fake passport racket was busted in the city by the Museum Police, in which a city-based travel agency and a number of officials at the Regional Passport Office here and Postal Department are suspected to be involved. The police have arrested two people of Sabari Travels for forgery, use of forged documents and attempts to cheat the Government of India under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. The police also found several seals, reported to be forged, from the Passport Office at the travel agency.