Hubballi (Karnataka): Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Saturday that the tracking and arrest of Pakistani individuals living in Bengaluru with Indian passports was the consequence of a failure by central intelligence services.
Speaking to reporters in Hubballi, HM Parameshwara stated, “Karnataka police have arrested Pakistani nationals immediately after getting to know about them. Our police are efficient, and we will find others.”
“If foreign nationals, including Pakistani nationals, settle down in Bengaluru and obtain passports, it means that the central Intelligence agencies have failed at some point,” Home Minister Parameshwara maintained.
On September 29, Bengaluru police apprehended four Pakistani citizens from Karachi and Lahore, including two women, on the city’s outskirts.
Based on their information, the agents caught three more Pakistani nationals living in Bengaluru’s Peenya neighbourhood.
They had obtained Indian passports and adopted the Hindu identity in Bengaluru.
The arrested were identified as Rashidh Ali Siddakki, aka Shankar Sharma, a resident of Karachi in Pakistan; Ayesha, aka Asha Rani, a resident of Lahore in Pakistan; Hanif Mohammad, aka Rambabu Sharma, a resident of Lahore; Rubina, aka Rani Sharma, a resident of Lahore in Pakistan.
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Syed Tariq, his wife Anila Tariq and their 13-year-old daughter.
The Karnataka police have formed four special teams to investigate the network.
The police have lodged a case against the accused under IPC Sections 420, 468 and 471 provisions.
They were also booked under the Passports Act, 1967, Sections 12(1)(B), 12, 1A (b), 12 (2).
On September 29, Jigani Police received a tip about Pakistani nationals residing in the Rajapura village near Anagha Layout.
Two of their relatives were arrested by the Chennai Police for obtaining passports by providing fake documents.
Commenting on the BJP’s plan to organise a large-scale protest over the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case, he stated that the Opposition should advise the government instead; they are choosing to carry out politics.
“The MUDA case has been referred to investigation by the court. This has been used for politics. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun an investigation and issued summons. This is also used to carry out politics. The government is efficient, and a befitting answer will be given,” HM Parameshwara maintained.
Parameshwara, further commenting on the meeting between Minister for PWD Satish Jarkiholi and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, stated that there was no need to give importance to the development.
Minister Satish’s daughter is a Lok Sabha member. He went to New Delhi to discuss her quarters. During that time, he met Kharge to inquire about his health, as Kharge had collapsed in the Jammu and Kashmir election rally.
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–IANS
