25-year-old fashion student gets into legal trouble for removing pages from her passport at Mumbai airport to cover up her visit to Thailand

In a dramatic turn of events, a 25-year-old fashion merchandising student's dreams of an international internship were dashed at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. As she prepared to board a flight to Singapore, a routine check turned into a high-risk investigation when immigration officials discovered four crucial pages missing from her passport. What seemed like a straightforward trip to a prestigious opportunity suddenly led to charges that could significantly impact her future.

Mumbai airport stops students due to missing passport pages

The 25-year-old student was about to board a flight to Singapore on Thursday, but immigration officials in Mumbai stopped her because they noticed that four pages were missing from her passport.

SS Ghatol is a first-year fashion marketing student who travelled to Singapore on a tourist visa to complete an internship sponsored by her institute in Worli. After screening at the airport, officials found that pages of her passport were missing. This quickly became problematic and officials decided to investigate the matter further.

The Times of India reported that Ghatol allegedly deleted the pages to conceal a recent trip to Thailand. She was in Thailand from February 11 to 14 this year. To make the trip, she pretended to be ill as she had to miss an exam at her institute. After she was selected for the internship in Singapore, her institute allegedly asked for her passport. It was only then that the fraud was apparently discovered.

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Student charged with passport fraud

Ghatol tried to conceal the trip by removing the pages, naturally fearing that her fraud would be discovered, said Deputy Immigration Officer Sujit Patil.

As a result of this incident, Ghatol was accused of violating the passport law and lying to the authorities, as reported by the Times of India. The case undoubtedly underlines the importance of maintaining the integrity of official proceedings. It reminds us of the serious consequences of tampering with official documents.

According to the latest information, Ghatol is currently facing legal proceedings. This definitely puts her plans for the internship in Singapore at risk.

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