Four more held in fake passport case

Charminar: In the ongoing crackdown on the accomplices of dreaded gangster Ayub Khan, the south zone police on Tuesday arrested four persons including a passport "agent" and a qazi.
The arrested persons have been identified as Qazi Syed Muqthadir Ali, a resident of Shadnagar, deputy qazi Md Naseeruddin from Kalapather, P Ravindranath, a lawyer, and passport agent Md Khaleel Ahmed. Deputy commissioner of police (south zone) V Satyanarayana said that it was in February 2011 that Ayub was moved to Visakhapatnam jail from Cherlapally jail, after a quarrel with fellow inmates.His family moved to the city and met him frequently. It was there that he told his wife Hafeeza Begum to arrange a passport for him so that he could easily flee the country.
The cop said that Ayub's brother-in-law Khaiseruddin, now staying in Dubai, contacted passport agent Mohammed Khaleel Ahmed who advised him to obtain a fabricated nikhanama. This was done through the qazi and deputy qazi .
For obtaining the fake passport, the agent got documents notarized by Ravindranath. The passport granting officer identified as Venkat, who is absconding, too has been made an accused in the case.