Updated On: 29 October, 2025 08:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Immigration officials detained a 49-year-old Nepali national, Shanti Thapa, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for using a fake Indian voter ID. She confessed to living in India for 30 years and voting illegally for two decades

Shanti Arjunsing Thapa, alias Chanda Ganesh Regmi. PIC/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Immigration officials at Mumbai airport detained a Nepali woman identified as Shanti Arjunsing Thapa, alias Chanda Ganesh Regmi, 49, after she was found carrying an Indian voter ID card. The immigration department also seized her forged Aadhaar and PAN cards.
Officials said she was caught by 58-year-old immigration officer Milind Palande, who was on duty at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on October 24. She was later arrested by the Sahar police. Investigation revealed that Thapa has been living in India for the past 30 years. She had also been casting her vote for the last 20 years in India using the forged document.