The Azad Maidan police have arrested Shanti Surendra Naik, a 32-year-old woman from Goa, in connection with the OCI (overseas citizen of India) scam. Foreigners have been marrying Indian nationals to secure permanent Indian visas, using falsified marriage documents and exploiting poor women. Naik had been on the run since 2021, after an FIR was registered against her and her fake Canadian national husband by the OCI wing of Mumbai police's special branch. Her fake husband is still absconding.

The Azad Maidan police reported that Naik was located in Goa and brought to Mumbai on Tuesday. The court granted the police two days custody to investigate the matter. The FIR against Naik and her fake husband, Daniel Harris Akler, was registered on August 4, 2021, in connection with the scam. The FIR also named another couple, Jyoti Krishna Vishe and her fake husband, UK national David John Lincoln, for engaging in a similar fake marriage. Both Vishe, Lincoln are absconding.