India, Jan. 8 -- Police in Gujarat's Bharuch district have uncovered an illegal immigration racket in which forged marriage and divorce documents were allegedly used to help a local woman travel to the United Kingdom on a dependent visa, media reports said.

The case surfaced after a dispute over money between the accused parties led the man shown as the woman's "husband" in official records to approach the police.

Palej Police Inspector Anand Chaudhary said Rizwan Meda, a resident of Valan village in Bharuch district who is currently based in the UK, contacted district police in October last year through a power of attorney given to his friend Minhaz Yaqub Ughrardhar. Meda alleged that the woman's family had failed to pay the agreed amo...