Four suspicious men go missing, alert in Odisha
BY M Post Bureau27 Jan 2016 11:06 PM GMT
M Post Bureau27 Jan 2016 11:06 PM GMT
A high alert has been sounded in Odisha after four men, presenting themselves as Iraqi nationals, disappeared when asked to produce their identity proof at a hotel here on Monday night, with the police suspecting them to be terrorists.
The four men, over 6-feet tall and fluent in Hindi and English, came to the hotel in a car with a Delhi registration number, which turned out to be fake, the police said. “The four persons, who fled the hotel before the police reached there could be terrorists... The four suspected terrorists had claimed to be natives of Iraq,” said Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh.
“They came in a car bearing a Delhi number plate. However, verification of the car’s registration number showed that it was fake,” he added.
Siba Narayan Mohapatra, the hotel manager, who interacted with one of the four men, said: “While one of them came to the hotel reception desk, three others were inside the car parked outside. The CCTV has captured the picture of one suspected terrorist and the vehicle used by them.”
Commissioner of Police RP Sharma said they had come to stay in the hotel around 9 pm on Monday, but fled when they were asked to produce their identity proof before being allotted rooms. “The four persons wanted two rooms at the Hotel Arya Mahal,” Sharma said, adding that the police got information from the hotel staff who suspected their movement.
The police have seized the CCTV footage from the hotel.
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