Student visa fraud: UK-bound flyer held at Hyderabad airport for using forged documents

Immigration authorities at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport stopped a man en route to London after discovering he had used forged academic documents to obtain a UK student visa, according to a report by the Times of India.

Police said the individual, Mohammad Shahabazuddin, in his mid-30s and a resident of Andhra Pradesh, was set to travel to London via Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. During a routine immigration check, officials found irregularities in the academic certificates he had submitted as part of his visa application.

According to airport police, Shahabazuddin had used a fake BTech degree certificate allegedly from JNTU University, Hyderabad. Officials also found that his Intermediate marks memo from the Andhra Pradesh Board, which was required for admission into the BTech programme, was forged.


Further checks revealed that Shahabazuddin also possessed a fake B.Com degree certificate from Nagarjuna University in Andhra Pradesh, along with a second falsified BTech certificate.

Police have registered a case against him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The investigation is currently ongoing.

(With inputs from TOI)