Ejaz too could be a foreigner

LUCKNOW: Ejaz, the missing link in the fake identity and address verification report (IAVR) racket through which the arrested Pakistan spy Amir Ali obtained a valid Indian passport, can himself be a foreign national staying illegally in India. Investigators are learnt to have picked up clues suggesting that he may have his roots in any of the neighbouring countries.
Meanwhile, a Delhi court extended the police remand of Amir by four more days after he was produced before the court on the expiry of his 14-day remand period.Sleuths are believed to have sought time from the court to initiate arrest of those who helped him procure a passport on fake documents. Sources said that the Special Cell may initiate arrest of the some people from the Lucknow Police and the Regional Passport Office, Lucknow (RPOL), who had apparently helped Amir to obtain the passport knowing fully well that the verification documents submitted by him were fake.
Sources at the RPOL, from where Amir's passport was issued, said that though Ejaz had introduced himself as a native of Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh, his neighbours there had very little knowledge about him or his family. Investigators are also finding it hard to trace any of his relatives or family friends who could shed some light on his present whereabouts.
Meanwhile, investigations into the fake IAVR racket have led to the recovery of atleast six passports in which the residential address of the applicant could not be traced and hence were being deemed as forged.
Sleuths probing the case have not ruled out the possibility of Ejaz being behind the six passports that have been detected as fake primarily because quite a few elements common in all the six documents were somewhat similar to the irregularity traced in Amir's passport.
The Special Cell (SC) of Delhi Police (DP), which busted the espionage racket with the arrest of Amir from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi earlier this month, along with the ATS UP have though launched a massive manhunt for Ejaz, there is little evidence that the sleuths have managed to collect about him. Sources said that the Special Cell has now sought the help of Central intelligence agencies to track Ejaz.
After Amir's fake IAVR case came to light, the RPOL screened its records and eventually traced 27 other passports in which the IAVR situation was identical to that of Amir's case. The ATS, investigating into the case further, is believed to have so far detected at least six passports in which the residential address as mentioned in the IAVR was found to be non-existent.