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Subsequently, police officers alleged that on an earlier occasion also, he had taken a woman with him on his wife's passport. In court, when he was asked whether he had escorted other such people on his two previous visits to UK and Canada, Babubhai kept quiet. Also, Paramjeet stated in court that
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Senior police officers told journalists that a deal of Rs 3 million (about USD 70,000) was struck for
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