Mumtaz Firoz (40), a resident of Chennai, had gone to Bangkok with her family on April 12. On her way back, on April 20, Mumtaz stole two bottles of perfume from the duty free shop at the Bangkok airport.

She was caught and handed over to the police. A case was registered against her.

Her passport was impounded but she was released on bail.

The family then went to the Indian Embassy in Bangkok and got an emergency certificate from the authorities, but Mumtaz was again stopped during the checking at the immigration counter as a case was pending against her.

The three then took help of a tout and got a forged passport in the name of Asha Agarwal. They arrived at NSCBI Airport by Thai Airways flight TG 313 on Wednesday morning.

Besides Mumtaz, her husband and daughter were taken taken into police custody, as they had helped her forged the passport.