Mumbai: The detention of a Borivili teacher at the international airport on Monday night that turned out to be a fiasco for the police has depicted the security agencies in poor light. The woman shared the same name as fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari's wife, Padama. Reason for the mess up; using the old medieval investigative method and not being well informed about the changing scenario. However, senior police officials maintain that they cannot take a chance when a woman and her son's name is similar to that of a gangster's. "We did our job," said a senior police official.
The teacher, Padma, along with her 19-year-old son reached the airport to take a flight for for Abu Dhabi. As soon as she along with her son stepped into the immigration counter, she was stopped. The immigiration authorities found a look out circular (LOC) issued against her name. The LOC was issued to all the airports in the country by the Mangalore police who termed the woman as gangster Ravi Pujari's wife, wanted in an extortion case.
In fact, Ravi Pujari's wife Padam was arrested in Mumbai in 2005 for tring to get a fake passport. Her fingerprint was also taken. However, an LOC does not contain a column for fingerprint information. "Who will corroborate the fingerprint and verify it at the airport unless there is a trained staff?" asked a security staff.
25/12/14 Mateen Hafeez/Times of India
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The teacher, Padma, along with her 19-year-old son reached the airport to take a flight for for Abu Dhabi. As soon as she along with her son stepped into the immigration counter, she was stopped. The immigiration authorities found a look out circular (LOC) issued against her name. The LOC was issued to all the airports in the country by the Mangalore police who termed the woman as gangster Ravi Pujari's wife, wanted in an extortion case.
In fact, Ravi Pujari's wife Padam was arrested in Mumbai in 2005 for tring to get a fake passport. Her fingerprint was also taken. However, an LOC does not contain a column for fingerprint information. "Who will corroborate the fingerprint and verify it at the airport unless there is a trained staff?" asked a security staff.
25/12/14 Mateen Hafeez/Times of India
