Hasan in police net, finally

The fake passport case against Khan was registered in Worli police station in January 2008, after the Regional Passport Office lodged a complaint. He has been remanded to police custody till December 19.

On Monday, Khan approached the Bhoiwada court where he surrendered and was subsequently arrested by the police. Khan was declared a proclaimed offender by the Bhoiwada court on April 30 this year in the same case. In February this year, he had moved the Bombay High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the Worli case, but the court turned down his plea. He had been on the run ever since.

According to the complaint, the probe found that Khan had allegedly lost his original passport during 2006 while he was touring England. This passport had been issued by the Hyderabad Regional Passport Office. A fresh passport was then issued to him based on the intervention of the Indian High Commission, with a one-year validity.

Khan is alleged to have travelled the world with this passport and also spent a considerable time in Switzerland and Canada, according to the police. He later returned to Pune and renewed the passport from the Pune Regional Passport Office.

Then, the Enforcement Directorate ED had started a parallel probe where they found that Hasan had travelled using two other passports. 8220;We found he used at least two more passports, one issued from Patna and the other from Mumbai,8221; said DC Zone III Ashok Deshbhratar, adding: 8220;We accessed reports and documents by contacting the regional passport offices and found that he had given his photograph with the same name and same signature but with fake addresses. There are at least two such fake passports.8221;

The DCP said police are also checking if these two passports were used for money laundering or if they were used to visit any enemy countries, over the last two years. 8220;We are also checking if Khan funded any organisations which may have compromised the nation8217;s interest,8221; the DCP said.

Khan is wanted for allegedly holding unaccounted money to the tune of US 8 billion in his Swiss bank accounts and some undisclosed accounts in the UAE.