new delhi a day after 27 people were detained at igi airport for trying to board a dubaibound flight with fake visas delhi police claimed to have arrested two travel agents the cops were tipped off after two airline call centres received phone calls saying the 27 travellers would try to hijack a flight police said the travellers would have been sneaked into iraq after getting to dubai the travellers nabbed at igi alleged local contacts had organized everything the local agents had a central contact in delhi who finally arranged their departure five of the accused one from each state have been remanded in police custody to help unearth the racket further the two travel agents including the owner of pan travels in connaught place were arrested on tuesday night they have been identified as rakesh chopra the owner and his employee sunil bisht the 27 people 15 from west bengal six from punjab four from haryana and one each from delhi and bangladesh were detained at the airport by cisf on tuesday and later placed under arrest the bangladeshi national had an indian passport with him there were masons electricians and construction workers in the group from dubai they were supposed to go to iraq where they were promised jobs said dcp igi airport dr o p mishra one of the phone calls to the call centres was traced to dubai the travellers had paid rs 115 lakh for their visas to their local contacts in their respective states they were then asked to approach the delhi contact who bought the flight tickets in bulk from pan travels he also arranged for accommodation for the travellers in various parts of the city some people had even reached the city a fortnight ago said policepolice have also registered separate cases against each of the 27 people under ipc sections of cheating and forgery they were supposed to leave india a fortnight ago but there were problems with their papers they were assured they would get jobs in iraq all 27 of them are from the economically weaker sections of society said a senior police officer soon after the calls were received three cisf teams were deployed at the international terminal and airline staff were briefed they were allowed to enter the airport but as soon as they approached staff at the airline counters and produced their tickets they were apprehended said a senior police officer both jet and kingfisher have handed over the recordings of the telephone calls they received to security agencies after the travellers reached dubai a travel agent there would have sneaked them into iraq said a police officer the kingfisher call centre got a first call around 12pm on tuesday and another 30 minutes later saying flight it41 from delhi to dubai would have passengers on it travelling on forged documents jet airways received a similar call at 3pm police suspect the calls were made by staffers of a rival travel agency dealing in fake