Wed, 14 Oct, 2026, 05:23 am
Reported by The Indian Express
Canada, Albania and Finland were among the destinations that were allegedly promised to people who sought visas and overseas work permits. But the promise was part of an alleged Rs 2.87 crore fraud involving multiple mobile phone numbers and identities, social media contacts, and payments that were routed through ‘Angadia’ courier channels.
The Gujarat High Court has denied bail to a 25-year-old man from Surat who is accused of masterminding the alleged fraud. The HC described the alleged scam as a serious white-collar offence. Justice Hasmukh D Suthar last week rejected an application by accused Ankit seeking regular bail in the case.
Ankit, who has used the aliases Akshit, Raj, Rocky Patel, and Ashok Patel, has been in custody since March 23. The case was registered at Pal police station in Surat under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act).
Counsel for defence argued that Ankit had been “falsely implicated”, and pointed to the absence of a conventional banking trail showing transactions. The prosecution case, as noted in the order of the Gujarat HC, is that the accused individual posed as an agent who could arrange visas and work permits for people seeking to travel abroad.
