India, Feb. 3 -- The Ghaziabad police arrested five people on Sunday for applying for 24 passports in different names and on fake addresses including, villages of Bhojpur, Tyodi, Saidpur Husainpur, Atrauli, and Kalchhina, police said on Monday.

Police added that 22 passports were issued so far on a single mobile number.

The accused were identified as Vivek Gandhi, 35, from Goyal Dairy; Prakash Subba, 61, from Chatarpur; Amandeep Singh, 19, Shiv Nagar resident; Satvant Kaur, 52, Shiv Nagar Extension resident and Arun Kumar, 35, a resident of Partapur in Meerut, officials added.

"We received a complaint letter from the regional passport office in Delhi on December 11, 2025. It came to light that the applicants used forged documents with ...