Bangkok: Thai police has arrested seven Indians and a Thai woman on charges of forging official documents that could be used to apply for Thai citizenship, reports said.

A Thai Consular official said the fake documents were used to register marriages with Thai women allowing the foreigners to later seek Thai citizenship, 'The Nation' daily said.

The suspects were identified by police as Dinesh Yadav, 29, Surendra Yadav, 30, Deo Prakash Yadav 29, Ravindra Pathak, 39, Chandra Prakash 27, Sunil Kumar Sharma 29, Onkar Pandey Nath, 18, and 45-year-old Rommadee Yadav.

According to police, Dinesh Yadav used to approach potential Indian customers in Songhkla area in Thailand.

Later two of their friends based in another area would produce fake statements about their customers' marital status.

The men were allegedly paid 200 Baht (about 220 Rupees) per document. The police added that one of the men would then stamp the documents with fake Indian Embassy stamp and charge his customers between 4,000 Baht and 5,000 Baht.

PTI