Hasam Khan sent to judicial custody

JAISALMER: A subordinate court sent

Hasam

Khan, a resident of Jaisalmer, to judicial custody on Tuesday.

Khan illegally crossed over to Pak 27 years ago. He returned to India on April 3 this year allegedly using a fake passport and visa from Atari rail route. Police and BSF are now investigating whether there is any case of drug smuggling pending against him because of which ran away to Pakistan.

Jaisalmer SP, Gaurav Yadav said in 1990 Khan, a resident of Siyalo-ki-Basti in Sam area of Jaisalmer, illegally went to Pak from Shahgarh Bulj area as there was no fencing at the border at that time.

Border Intelligence

police, on getting information about Khan’s return, caught him and handed him over to the local police. Police held a joint interrogation wherein Khan lied that he came from shahgarh bulj area. BSF intelligence wing suspected Hasam and started intensive investigation at its level at munabao and Atari.

SP said that police last week arrested Khan again under 14 foreign act and adding section 420 and produced him in the court. During the remand period SHO

Narendra Panwar

’s team took Khan to Punjab to verify that he came to Atari station from Pak. Police team brought him back to Jaisalmer on Monday. On Tuesday he was produced in the court and was sent to judicial custody.

SHO Narendra Panwar said during remand he was inquired and Khan told that he had a petty dispute with his father and annoyed on this he went to Pak at his sister's house. He was staying there and was grazing goats. Khan's mother came to Pak and persuaded him on which he decided to come back to India. In 2010 he got a fake passport made by paying Rs. 40000 to middleman Fateh Khan baloch and in 2015 his passport got damaged and by paying Rs. 10000 he got new duplicate passport and in 2016 he applied for visa and in April he came to India.