Indian mission denies reports on passports

Dubai: The Indian mission in the UAE has categorically denied an Indian newspaper report (published yesterday) suggesting that nearly 500 blank passports had gone missing from the Indian Consulate in Dubai six months ago.
According to the report, some of these missing passports had allegedly ended up in the hands of the relatives of one of India's most wanted fugitives.
Talmiz Ahmed, Indian Ambassador to the UAE, told Khaleej Times that the report was completely baseless. He said not a single passport had gone missing from the Indian consulate in Dubai. “I categorically deny any such incident to have occurred. The report is completely baseless," said Ahmed. A report published in India's The Telegraph newspaper yesterday claimed that nearly 500 passports were found missing from the Indian Consulate in Dubai around six months ago but the matter has been swept under the carpet as it threatens to open a can of worms involving senior officials.
29/04/08 Riyasbabu/Khaleej Times

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Categories: Airports Apr 2008, Foreign Apr 2008