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Passport agents fleece students
Visakhapatnam: Unauthorised agents are making fast bucks by filling passport applications online from the students by visiting their institutions. The college managements are also authenticating them by giving permission to these elements.
##BIG-IMAGE# Visakhapatnam: Unauthorised agents are making fast bucks by filling passport applications online from the students by visiting their institutions. The college managements are also authenticating them by giving permission to these elements.
The passport officials have found that these agents are making Rs 1,000 from each application.
Recently it came to their notice that a student at Passport Seva Kendra, enquired about the fee structure for a passport. When she was informed that the fee was Rs1,500, she told them that she was charged Rs 2,500 for making the application on her college premises.
On further interrogation, the passport officials found that somebody under the banner of Passport Online Services visited MVGR College of Engineering, Vizianagaram and approached the college authorities for making online applications for passport to the students of the college.
On getting permission from the college authorities, they put up a camp on the college premises for almost one week and made passport online applications for the students of the college.
They charged Rs 2,500 per application and in all they made more than 200 applications.
Similarly, the agents made good money from the students of Visakha Institute of Technology, Baba Institute and Vignan University in 2015 and this is the fourth college in the list.
The officials said they had issued a press release in August 2015 cautioning all the institutions and students not to fall prey to such unscrupulous persons and get cheated.
They advised the students to be careful and cautious before allowing any such persons. And in case of any suspicion may contact the office authorities by calling 0891-2745747 or by [email protected].
The local passport office has been conducting passport awareness and verification camps at different colleges under the Student Connect Programme.
They also have been sending letters to all the colleges for deputing a liaison officer in this regard. The local office conducted camps at GITAM University, Vignan University, Bapatla College of Engineering and Vignan College of Engineering, Guntur.
They will be soon conducting camps at Avanti College of Engineering, Narasipatnam, GIET- Rajamundry, Lendi College of Engineering, Vizianagaram, Sri Prakash College of Engineering, Tuni.
