According to reports, a civil engineer from Uttar Pradesh used a hack to bypass Mumbai Police’s passport verification process and obtain his wife’s passport. A few other applications were also authorised by the engineer. TNN said that the accused sought to win over his wife, who was preparing to take a job abroad, according to authorities. Shah, a tech-savvy individual, answered the questions of two additional women to allay any suspicions. The culprit utilised an internet protocol (IP) address that was assigned to a device in Noida, the police discovered after conducting their investigation.
“The Shah’s wife’s documents were correctly filed, and there were no issues. But, Shah’s wife’s passport has been seized as a result of the FIR, according to the police. Shah also approved the petitions of two additional individuals to allay any suspicions. In accordance with numerous provisions of the IPC and the Information Technology Act, a case was filed at the Azad Maidan police station last year for the forging of a valuable security, a will, identity theft, and punishment for cheating by utilising computer resources.The criminal was apprehended by the Mumbai Police crime section, and the police are now looking into how he was able to hack the system.
