Person who was to receive passports holds key

The person who had come to receive the consignment of 32 passports, which the custom department found, holds the key for police. Faizan Haider reports.

The person who had come to receive the consignment of 32 passports, which the custom department found, holds the key for police.

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The police are clueless on how Swami Nithyananda's passport reached Delhi though he is in Nepal.

Sources said that Nitin Kaushik, who was nabbed with the packet of passports, including that of the controversial godman, has claimed that someone was waiting for him outside the airport.

"That person was waiting for him with a placard in his hand. We identified the man with the help of closed-circuit television footage and his details have been given to the police," a source said.

The sources said Nithyananda's passport has been found along with that of Ranjitha, who was with him in a scandalous video that raised a storm two years ago. The other passports belong to Nityananda's supporters.

Security agencies claimed the passports appeared to be genuine.

"The mystery of the passports has not been unravelled yet. The passports are genuine but there are no visas attached. There are few unanswered questions like how the passports reached Nepal and why they were being brought to Delhi. We are taking help of Bangalore police," a police officer said.

The sources said Kaushik's statements were contradictory and he had not given the details of the person who had handed him the packet. Kaushik works with a travel agency that arranges travels of prominent persons.