Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:24pm on 11 Jun 2025,Wednesday India Global
The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Shubham Shokeen, a law officer at the French embassy in Delhi, for running a Schengen visa racket involving Punjab-based agents. Shokeen allegedly charged ₹13–45 lakh per applicant, processed fraudulent visas, and destroyed records post-issuance. Eight people, including three family members and four middlemen, are implicated. Shokeen fled India and is now wanted under an Interpol Silver Notice—the first issued by India. The scam, active between January 2021 and May 2022, helped him amass huge wealth. The case was built after a three-year investigation involving global coordination, according to the CBI.
