Two from AP held for trying to get US visa on forged papers

Two persons hailing from Andhra Pradesh have been arrested on charges of trying to get US visa on forged papers, police said today.

V Sivaramakrishna and Upendra Reddy, both from Guntur in that state, had forged papers to show as if they were employed in the Bangalore branch of a purported US-headquarted company, Theorem Clinical Research, they said.

They were arrested based on a complaint filed by the officials of the US Consulate General here.

They were arrested under different sections of the IPC, including cheating, and remanded to custody.

They had appeared for a visa interview on Wednesday.