Police in Thailand have arrested seven Indians and a Thai woman on charges of forging official documents. A Thai consular official said the fake documents were used to register marriages with Thai women, allowing the foreigners to later seek Thai citizenship.
The Thai newspaper, The Nation reports that the suspects were identified by police as Dinesh Yadav, 29, Surendra Yadav, 30, Deo Prakash Yadav, 29, Ravindra Pathak, 39, Chandra Prakash, 27, Sunil Kumar Sharma, 29, Onkar Nath Pandey, 18, and Rommadee Yadav, 45. They were arrested at apartments Bangkok on Monday and all of the suspects confessed according to the police.
The men were allegedly paid 200 baht (about Rs 220) per fake document. The police added that one of the men would then stamp the documents with a fake Indian embassy stamp and charge the customers between 4,000 and 5,000 baht.
The Nation, quoting the police, said the Indian customers could use the fake documents to register marriages with Thai women for money.
A marriage registration allows the spouses to live and work in Thailand, provided they renew their visas every year. After five years, the persons become eligible to apply for Thai citizenship.
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