Pune Resident Vijay Bhalerao, 51, Arrested for Damaging Passport to Hide Frequent Bangkok Visits from Family - The Logical Indian

Man Tears Passport to Cover Up Bangkok Travel, Caught at Mumbai Airport

A man was arrested at Mumbai’s apati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Chhatr(CSMIA) for allegedly tearing out pages from his passport in an attempt to hide his visits to Bangkok from his family, a police official said on Wednesday, as per the report. Immigration authorities intercepted the man during routine checks early Monday and discovered that several pages in his passport had been deliberately removed, officials said. According to a po…

Pune Resident Vijay Bhalerao, 51, Arrested for Damaging Passport to Hide Frequent Bangkok Visits from Family - The Logical Indian

A 51-year-old Pune resident, Vijay Bhalerao, was arrested at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Monday morning (as per updated timelines) after immigration officials discovered deliberately torn passport pages during a routine post-arrival check. Authorities revealed that Bhalerao had made four trips to Bangkok in 2024 and recently returned from Indonesia. He admitted to removing pages 17/18 and 21-26—which con…