Scammers who promise a better future overseas devalue Indian passports (SC).

• The Supreme Court criticized agents who deceive “poor and gullible” individuals into smuggling them into the US and UK through “donkey routes.”

• The court criticized the devaluation of the Indian passport due to these agents.

• The “donkey route” is an illegal migration method used to bypass legal immigration processes.

• The court refused to entertain the bail plea of Om Prakash, an accomplice to the main accused.

• Prakash was arrested, jailed, and deported to India on February 16.