Ludhiana, Feb. 13 -- The Khanna Police on Thursday conducted raids at 10 immigration centres in the GTB Market area and registered an FIR against their operators on charges of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and violations of the Immigration Act. The action was carried out under Operation Prahaar-2 following intelligence inputs about a well-organised illegal immigration network allegedly facilitating overseas travel through fabricated documents.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Darpan Ahluwalia said 10 special police teams were constituted to execute coordinated searches across the establishments located in the city's prominent education hub.

Preliminary investigations revealed that all 10 centres were operating without vali...