The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials raided the Visakhapatnam passport seva kendra (PSK) at Muralinagar here on Monday following complaints about the alleged mismanagement of the online appointment slots as well as forgery of signatures of passport officials by some passport touts operating at the PSK to issue the application reference number (ARN) to certain applicants.

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CBI raids Muralinagar passport seva kendra

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials raided the Visakhapatnam passport seva kendra (PSK) at Muralinagar here on Monday following complaints about the alleged mismanagement of the online appointment slots as well as forgery of signatures of passport officials by some passport touts operating at the PSK to issue the application reference number (ARN) to certain applicants.

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The PSK, which is usually bustling with passport applicants, on Monday CBI raids began early in the morning, well before opening time, and continued till late in the evening.

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CBI DIG G Nageswara Rao told TOI that a team of CBI officials conducted the raids and were trying to garner more details on the alleged forgery as well as other irregularities committed by the passport agents.

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According to sources, the raids helped the CBI cops get their hands on concrete information regarding the modus operandi of the agents that forged the signatures of passport officials.

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