Delhi Crime News Today: Delhi Police arrested a 42-year-old Punjabi singer for his alleged involvement in a gang that sends people to the US on fake visas. According to Delhi Police, Fatehjit Singh, a resident of Jalandhar, Punjab, was arrested from Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) on Wednesday. He said that the accused and other members of the gang were trying to send a passenger to the US via the Donkey route. 

Delhi Police Deputy Commissioner IGI Airport Usha Rangnani said that during interrogation the accused revealed that he has studied till 12th class. He is a singer by profession. He also told the police that he has participated in shows all over the world. 

DCP IGI Airport Usha Rangnani said that the accused and Punjabi singer Fatehjit Singh came in contact with an agent named Sultan Singh who used to dupe people on the pretext of sending them to America. After coming in contact with Sultan, he started working with him to earn quick money. The accused had promised to arrange his travel and provide all the documents in exchange for Rs 50 lakh. 

10 lakh was taken as advance from the passenger 

In this case, the accused were paid an advance amount of Rs 10 lakh before travelling to America. Sultan Singh gave Rs 4 lakh as commission to the accused. It was also decided that the remaining amount would be given after the passenger reached his destination. The accused told the police that with the help of Sultan Singh and other associates, he had arranged the passenger's travel to America five times, which included visiting different countries, but the plan did not succeed. 

The DCP said that in the fifth attempt in March, the accused and other agents tried to send Gurpreet Singh to the US via Kazakhstan, but he was later caught by authorities in Kazakhstan and sent back to India. The Kazakhstan authorities suspected that the passenger was travelling on a fake visa as two pages of his passport were found torn.

In one of the previous attempts, Gurpreet Singh was provided a fake Brazilian visa, but he was deported back to India from Qatar. This time, two pages of the passport were removed by Sultan Singh. Gurpreet Singh was questioned by the Delhi Police at the IGI airport in March and arrested. 

Punjabi singer's accounts will also be investigated 

On the information provided by Gurpreet Singh, Sultan Singh, a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab, was also arrested by the police in March, but Fatehjit Singh was absconding. The DCP said that investigation is going on to find out the involvement of other agents. The officer said that Fatehjit Singh's bank accounts will be investigated so that his possible involvement in other such cases can be detected. Delhi IGI Airport Police arrested Punjabi singer Fatehjit Singh for sending people to America illegally.