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32-year-old man in India pretends to be 81 to get into the US
ALICE CHAMBERS
ABC News | September 11, 2019
A 32-year-old man has been arrested at an Indian airport for pretending to be 81 in order to get into the USA.
PHOTO: In this photo posted to the CISF twitter account, Jayesh Patel is shown in disguise. (CISF/Twitter)
“He was planning to go to the U.S. for a job. But his profile was such that he would not have gotten a visa easily,” a senior police officer told local media. “With a fake name - Amrik Singh, a fake address, he managed to get a passport and a U.S. visa. We've never seen a similar case at the Delhi airport before," he added.
Riding through the airport in a wheelchair, Patel aroused suspicion at a second security check when he refused to get up saying he was too old. He reportedly refused to make eye contact during the exchange.
"[The Security Force] was suspicious about him as his voice didn't match his age. Despite grey hair, his skin seemed to be quite young as there were hardly any wrinkles on his face," a spokesperson told local news outlets.
ALICE CHAMBERS
ABC News | September 11, 2019
A 32-year-old man has been arrested at an Indian airport for pretending to be 81 in order to get into the USA.
PHOTO: In this photo posted to the CISF twitter account, Jayesh Patel is shown in disguise. (CISF/Twitter)
“He was planning to go to the U.S. for a job. But his profile was such that he would not have gotten a visa easily,” a senior police officer told local media. “With a fake name - Amrik Singh, a fake address, he managed to get a passport and a U.S. visa. We've never seen a similar case at the Delhi airport before," he added.
Riding through the airport in a wheelchair, Patel aroused suspicion at a second security check when he refused to get up saying he was too old. He reportedly refused to make eye contact during the exchange.
"[The Security Force] was suspicious about him as his voice didn't match his age. Despite grey hair, his skin seemed to be quite young as there were hardly any wrinkles on his face," a spokesperson told local news outlets.