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BL KAK
NEW DELHI, Apr 28:
Anybody--even terrorists--can get a passport made without any verification right in the national capital of Delhi. This revelation has come from a special investigation by CNN-IBN television channel. Just days after the arrest of Bhabubhai Katara, BJP MP, for trying to take a woman out of India on his wife's passport, CNN-IBN has claimed that the racket of fake pasport runs much deeper.
The television channel's investigation showed how easy it is to get a Nepali pasport made right from Indian soil. All this despite the stepped-up surveillance across the world against terorist elements. Getting a passport is, according to the CNN-IBN, possible "even if the passport-seeker happens to be a terrorist or an underworld don". The CNN-IBN special investigation team (SIT) claimed to have got in touch with a tout in an effort to get a Nepali passport made for a wanted terrorist. The face chosen for the purpose happened to be that of Zahoor Iqbal Mistry, the mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 from Kathmandu in 1999.
It was this hijacking that had forced the government of India to release dreaded terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar. Iqbal Mistry is on CBI's "most wanted" list. There is also an Interpol red corner notice out for him, which means police forces across the world are keeping a watch for this man. But the tout has no clue of this.
According to a story put out on Saturday, the CNN-IBN team, to get things moving, first got a meeting fixed with the tout at Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi, at 12 noon. The tout was a tall Nepali man, named Dharma Kumar Poudel. He is known to be a major player in the passport racket. Dharma wasted no time and promised to get things done if the price he sought was given.
"No, no problem", was Dharma's reply when the SIT told him: "These people say, if we adopt a Nepali name, it will be fool-proof. This name may be a problem". And as the SIT demanded that "we want it on our names only", Dharma's prompt reply: "Yes, it can be made on your names. Things can move fast if you give the money".
Dharma was also quoted as saying that he can get "everything made", be it a passport or a visa. He then asked for advance. This was followed by Dharma's question: "What if I get a passport made and you don't show up?"
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