Inter-faith couple's passport runs into trouble, address wrong, say cops

June 26, 2018 21:12

The inter-faith couple, who were allegedly harassed while renewing passport office last week, has run into trouble over police verification. The Lucknow police have said they have not been staying at the address they mentioned in the forms for at least a year.

Tanvi Seth and Anas Siddiqui, have been living and working in Noida. But they had filed the application in Lucknow, their hometown.

Rules demand that an applicant has to give the most recent address - and any previous ones in a span of a year before applying. Police sources said it is possible that they might be asked to file more documents, or even an application at the passport office in Noida. The local passport officials were not available for comment.

Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar told reporters that according to rules, applicants should be residing at the address filled in the application for at least one year but Ms Seth had not followed the rules. "We have sent our report to the RPO (Regional Passport Office). She was not living in Lucknow for past one year. She was living in Noida and doing some work there... Now, the RPO will take the appropriate decision," the officer was quoted as saying.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar arrested in Swati Maliwal 'assault' case

Bibhav Kumar was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal who sent him to five-day police custody after the police sought his remand to question him about the incident and to retrieve data from his phone.

Back to back terror attacks in J-K: Ex-sarpanch killed, tourist couple shot at

Terrorists struck at two places in Kashmir on Saturday night, killing a former sarpanch in Shopian and injuring a tourist couple from Rajasthan in Anantnag, two days ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Baramulla.

I dedicate my man of the match award to Dayal: Faf du Plessis

Pacer Yash Dayal kept his cool in a tense final over to seal a 27-run win against Chennai Super Kings and send RCB through to the play-offs.

IPL PIX: Spirited RCB knock out CSK; qualify for play-offs!

A spirited performance from their bowlers saw Royal Challengers Bengaluru outclass Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs to qualify for the play-offs.

Banking industry doyen N Vaghul dies at 88

Veteran banker N Vaghul, who led the transformation of ICICI into a private sector lender, died on Saturday afternoon due to health complications. He was 88. Vaghul took over the reins of ICICI, then a public finance institution, in...