Even as the police custody of the three Pakistan nationals, who were arrested in Bengaluru on May 25 on the charge of faking their identities and living illegally in the country, came to an end on Wednesday, police officials are awaiting a response from the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi to their communication seeking details of the accused.
The Pakistan nationals are Samira Abdul Rahman, 25, who had married Mohammed Shihab from Kerala; her cousin Kirhon Ghulam Ali, 26, and Khasif Shamshuddin, 30, all from Karachi.
“They have been remanded in judicial custody. We will apply for their police custody again as we have to interrogate them on the Aadhaar case,” said Commissioner of Police Praveen Sood.
Police sources said towards May-end, they had written to the Pakistan High Commission, through the Ministry of Home Affairs. “We are surprised as there has been no response from them. Usually, we inform the respective foreign embassies when we arrest their citizen and they contact us and give information about them,” said the source.
The Central intelligence agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing, are collecting details on the case. “Their investigation is on a separate track and we are cooperating with them,” said an officer.
Police sources claim that the marriage theory put forward by Shihab may not be the entire truth. “However, we have not got anything concrete till now to prove otherwise,” added the officer.
Sources from the Kerala police said Shihab and the three others visited his house at Thiruvegappura in Palakkad district nearly a year ago. “They reached his house around midnight, but were chased away by his brother who did not want the Pakistanis to stay in his house. They left Kerala early in the morning and headed to Bengaluru,” said a police source.
The sources claim that a case pertaining to Shihab’s previous marriage is still going on in Kerala. “As per our reports, he was just loafing around in Kerala before going to Qatar,” said a police officer.
