32-year-old man pretends to be 81 to get into US – TheNigerialawyer

A 32-year-old man has been arrested at an Indian airport for
pretending to be 81 in order to get into the USA.

Jayesh Patel was stopped as he was trying to board a flight to
New York at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi by
the Central Industrial Security Force. Disguised in glasses,
make-up, a turban and a dyed beard, he made it through initial
security checks and past immigration officials, a spokesperson for
the Central Industrial Security Force told news agency IANS.

“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.

Patel reportedly hired an agent who got him the documents and
arranged for him to be made-up to look like an 81-year-old in a
hotel in Delhi, according tolocal media. Patel agreed to pay the
agent once he had arrived in the U.S.

The security force tweeted that they had arrested the man for
impersonation and carrying dual passports, before handing him over
to the Delhi police, reports abcnews.