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BANGALORE: Riyaz Bhatkal, founder of the terror group Indian Mujahideen (IM), allegedly obtained a passport under the name of Shah Rukh Khan from Ranchi on January 21, 2010, intelligence sources said.
The Ranchi passport of the terror mastermind is believed to have sparked an Interpol red-corner notice, resulting in Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan being subjected to interrogation at a New York airport last week.
"The Intelligence Bureau had flashed an alert to airports across the globe about Riyaz Bhatkal carrying a passport with the alias of Shah Rukh Khan," sources said.
Riyaz is suspected of having several passports bearing different names. He has travelled to Dubai and Pakistan several times from Indian airports as well as from Nepal, sources said. Intelligence officers are checking whether Riyaz had used the Ranchi passport while flying abroad. "Every time Riyaz flies abroad, he uses a different passport," they said.
His close confidant Kamal Hassan, who was arrested from Kolkata, also threw light on the motive behind the blasts at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore minutes before an IPL match was to begin there on April 17, 2010. "On March 3, 2009, a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers was targeted by gunmen in Lahore. Riyaz declared that it was the handiwork of India and wanted to avenge it. The stadium blasts were part of this vengeance mission," Hassan told investigators.
Indian Mujahideen chief got passport in Shah Rukh Khan’s name - The Times of India
The Ranchi passport of the terror mastermind is believed to have sparked an Interpol red-corner notice, resulting in Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan being subjected to interrogation at a New York airport last week.
"The Intelligence Bureau had flashed an alert to airports across the globe about Riyaz Bhatkal carrying a passport with the alias of Shah Rukh Khan," sources said.
Riyaz is suspected of having several passports bearing different names. He has travelled to Dubai and Pakistan several times from Indian airports as well as from Nepal, sources said. Intelligence officers are checking whether Riyaz had used the Ranchi passport while flying abroad. "Every time Riyaz flies abroad, he uses a different passport," they said.
His close confidant Kamal Hassan, who was arrested from Kolkata, also threw light on the motive behind the blasts at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore minutes before an IPL match was to begin there on April 17, 2010. "On March 3, 2009, a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers was targeted by gunmen in Lahore. Riyaz declared that it was the handiwork of India and wanted to avenge it. The stadium blasts were part of this vengeance mission," Hassan told investigators.
Indian Mujahideen chief got passport in Shah Rukh Khan’s name - The Times of India