Wazhul Kamar Khan, whose name is on the most wanted list of fugitives in Pakistan, has been traced . He was living no where else but in India, Mumbai's Thane district.
This is a huge embarrassment to India and is rasing questions on the list that was given to Pakistan claiming the 50 most wanted fugitives living in that country.
According to sources, Khan said, "I have never visited Pakistan. I have been living in Thane for the past 12 years"
The government has ordered an inquiry into how one of India's most wanted, whose name appeared on a list handed over to Pakistan recently, wound up in Mumbai's Thane district, living comfortably with his family.
Wazhul Kamar Khan, an accused in the 2003 Mulund blasts, has been living in Thane's Waghle Estate with his mother, wife and children, after he was let out on bail, sources said. The forty-four-year-old was also involved in the 2003 Vile-Parle and Ghatkopar blasts, besides the 2002 Mumbai Central station blasts.
Khan, is into zari business now.
Home Minister P Chidambaram sought to play down the goof up saying a big issue should not be made out of one wrong name.
He said, “The list was prepared months ago. Just one name... whether it is the same person or two persons of the same name, we have to see. Be that as it may, if you prepare a list of 50 people, one name, assuming that we are wrong in one name, 49 are right. I don't think we should make a big issue of it. It is possible there could be an error, or there could be two people with the same name. I will go back and check."
Union Home Secretary GK Pillai, meanwhile, has said that the Home Ministry will verify records and that Wazhul's name should have been removed from the list. He also said that his Ministry was to blame for the goof-up.
This is a huge embarrassment to India and is rasing questions on the list that was given to Pakistan claiming the 50 most wanted fugitives living in that country.
According to sources, Khan said, "I have never visited Pakistan. I have been living in Thane for the past 12 years"
The government has ordered an inquiry into how one of India's most wanted, whose name appeared on a list handed over to Pakistan recently, wound up in Mumbai's Thane district, living comfortably with his family.
Wazhul Kamar Khan, an accused in the 2003 Mulund blasts, has been living in Thane's Waghle Estate with his mother, wife and children, after he was let out on bail, sources said. The forty-four-year-old was also involved in the 2003 Vile-Parle and Ghatkopar blasts, besides the 2002 Mumbai Central station blasts.
Khan, is into zari business now.
Home Minister P Chidambaram sought to play down the goof up saying a big issue should not be made out of one wrong name.
Union Home Secretary GK Pillai, meanwhile, has said that the Home Ministry will verify records and that Wazhul's name should have been removed from the list. He also said that his Ministry was to blame for the goof-up.
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