Was Samad flying to death on fake passport?

Kasargod: Abdul Samad, a native of Kannur City who was killed in the Mangalore Air India Express crash, was buried at the local Juma Masjid on Sunday.
But a man in Dubai has complained to the Indian consulate in Dubai that Abdul Samad used his passport ( No F 0606599 ) to fly to Kannur, though he unfortunately died in the air crash. The complaint lodged by Shanavas Vallikkonathil to the Indian consulate in Dubai said that his passport number was found on the passengers’ list of the Air India Express against the name of Abdul Samad. The 50th number in the passengers’ list of the AI was that of Abdul Samad. The consulate officials contacted the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department and got the confirmation that the complainant had not left the UAE.
His address was shown in the passport as Abdul Samad Shanavas, Vellarithingal House, Arakinar, Kozhikode. The name of the complainant is Shanavas Vallikkonathil Sources in Dubai told Express that there was every possibility that the passport was forged by the Kasargod Embassy, a network of racketeers based in Dubai and have roots in Kasargod to forge original documents.
29/05/10 Kalathil Ramakrishnan/ExpressBuzz

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