Three Andhra women held at Bengaluru airport for trying to fly to Oman with tampered passports

Bengaluru: Three women from Andhra Pradesh were arrested by the Bengaluru airport police after they tried to board a flight to Muscat, Oman, on a tourist visa with tampered passports, officials said on Thursday. 

Lakshmi Pasupeleti, 39, from Kadapa; Gondi Lakshmi Devi, 42, from Anantapur; and Nagalakshmi, 30, from East Godavari, were detained by immigration officials during a check on November 19. 

Preliminary investigations revealed that the three previously worked as domestic help in West Asia and that their passports were tampered with to conceal their previous travel history. 

The police suspect the involvement of a local agent, and have opened a case.