Hyderabad: Businessman held for travel to Libya

HYDERABAD: Airport police arrested a

businessman

who arrived from Dubai on Monday for visiting Libya. The man was identified as Syed Haji Ismail, a native of Kalaburagi in Karnataka. “ ...It was noticed that Haji travelled to

Libya

from Dubai via Istanbul on June 22 and stayed in Libya till July 9.

As government has issued a

ban

on Indian nationals from travelling to Libya in April 2016, a case was registered under IPC section 188 and section 12 of Passport Act,” said RGI Airport inspector P Vijay Kumar.

Haji told police that he has been operating a computer hardware business with a Saudi national in West Asia and travels to various countries for work. “A businessman from Libya had to pay about Rs 1 crore to Haji and as he kept postponing payment, Haji went to Libya to meet him. He said he was unaware of the ban and had previously visited Libya before the ban,” police said.