
The girl approached the immigration counter final week to board a flight to Muscat. She recognized herself as Kajal and offered an Indian passport that listed her hometown as Nohra in Himachal Pradesh, an official from Sahar police station mentioned.
Nevertheless, immigration officers grew suspicious as her facial options appeared distinctly Nepali. She was despatched for additional verification, throughout which she admitted that she was a Nepali citizen, the official added.
Throughout questioning, she revealed her actual title as Kajal Lama and mentioned she was initially from Parsa district in Nepal.
She instructed police that her mother and father had migrated to Himachal Pradesh years in the past, permitting her to acquire an Aadhaar card, PAN card and a bona fide certificates utilizing a faux handle within the state.
With these solid paperwork, she managed to get an Indian passport issued from the Shimla Passport Workplace, the officer mentioned.
Following a grievance by the immigration employees, the girl was detained and charged with offering false info, forging paperwork and trying to journey overseas illegally, police mentioned.