Navy officer Brahma Jyoti was a part of the fake visa racket sending people to South Korea, how did he/she become the mastermind from a sub-lieutenant?

New Delhi/Mumbai: Another Indian Navy officer has been arrested in the gang that sends people to South Korea with the help of fake documents. This Navy officer was posted as Sub-Lieutenant Brahma Jyoti and was associated with the gang that sends people to South Korea. Along with this, 26-year-old woman Simran Teji has also been arrested. Simran used to run a company through which she allegedly used to send people abroad using fake documents. This racket came to light after a complaint against a naval officer of the South Korean Consulate in Mumbai. Police said that many applicants, most of whom are from Jammu and Kashmir, have gone to South Korea. They have destroyed all documents including their passports and visas and have sought asylum. A police team is engaged in identifying them.Who is Brahma Jyoti?
Brahm Jyoti was an Indian Navy officer. he/she was posted as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Indian Navy. Mumbai Police Crime Branch said that Dagar used to prepare fake documents and send them to the Korean Consulate. he/she used to take instructions from mastermind and naval officer Brahm Jyoti Sharma. Police had earlier said that the gang had sent eight to ten people to the East Asian country using fake documents, and they charged Rs 10 lakh per case.

Know how the whole operation was run
The police note said the first officer arrested, Lieutenant Commander Vipin Dagar (28), used to prepare forged documents, send them to the South Korean consulate in Mumbai and visit there on Jyoti’s instructions. Both the officers were posted at the Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. Two others, Ravi Kumar and Deepak Dogra, were arrested from Jammu and Kashmir and were being brought to Mumbai, the police said. Kumar wanted to travel to South Korea on a visa obtained through forged documents, while Dogra was overseeing the entire operation and identifying potential targets, police said.

All the arrested accused have been remanded to police custody till July 5. They have been charged under IPC for cheating, forgery, breach of trust and criminal conspiracy as well as relevant sections under the Passport Act. Police have seized 14 passports, documents of four fake companies, fake rubber stamps, stamp papers, various certificates and three bank accounts containing deposits of over Rs 2 crore. Investigation of Jyoti’s bank account revealed that she had deposited Rs 1.6 crore in the last eight years, which is far more than her known sources of income.

The gang used to lure people for such visas
Investigation revealed that the gang lured people seeking opportunities abroad, especially South Korea, to apply for visas even if they were not eligible for it. Police said two naval officers would visit the consulate in Mumbai in uniform and claim to be close relatives of the applicants. They also pressured the consulate staff to expedite the visa applications, they said. Teji (26) had floated a fake company called Tosha International through which she used to send people abroad, police said.