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| Central team, Gujarat ATS to question conman Kiren Patel in Srinagar | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 19: A high-level team of officials from New Delhi and the Anti Terror Squad of the Gujarat Police are likely to arrive in Srinagar soon for the questioning of the Gujarati conman, Kiren Patel, who faking to be a senior official had been enjoying VIP security and other benefits, during his multiple visits to Kashmir before being nabbed by police.
Sources said the team comprising senior officials from the MHA and those from the intelligence wings, apart from the Gujarat ATS are likely to question him in the coming days.
The sources said the Modi government has taken a serious note of the allegedly negligence on the part of some officials in the administration in Kashmir and that to get a “clear cut picture of the situation” the special teams were likely arrive in a day or two, most likely.
Sources said the case is being probed from all angles and that the “administrative breach” is not being ruled out.
“There are allegations against some officials but things will be cle red only after a thorough enquiry,” said a senior official on the condition of anonymity.
Kiran Patel, who impersonated a PMO official, obtained Z plus security and visited sensitive areas in Jammu and Kashmir. "When Srinagar police caught Patel from room number 1107 at Hotel Lalit in Srinagar on March 2, he was accompanied by two more persons," said a senior official on the condition of anonymity.
Now, a team of Kashmir police and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) are probing how Patel managed to get special government services, including the cellphone number.
Meanwhile, as per the sources, a team of Kashmir police arrived in Ahmedabad on March 15 as Patel is a resident of the Ghodasar area and where he is believed to have run some business firm.
The sources said the joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Gujarat ATS officers visited a printing press in Gujarat where from the visiting cards were printed.
The official sources said the visiting cards as per the preliminary inquiry were printed in February. |
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