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Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad
The two Indians detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States do not have any criminal record in their hometown, according to the Hyderabad police.
The police made enquiries with their families and neighbours in the Old City area of Hyderabad and went through crime records, but found no cases against the men or their family members.
"We could gather nothing. They were not in our crime records at any point of time," Additional Police Commissioner K Aravinda Rao said.
The enquiries by the city police into the antecedents of the duo revealed that Ayub Ali Khan and Mohammed Azmath Jaweed went to the US in 1993. Khan, whose original name is Syed Gul Mohammed Shah, held an Indian passport and lived in New Jersey. He came to Hyderabad in mid-2000 and married Rayeez Fatima. Khan returned to the US in April this year leaving her behind.
Azmath Jaweed was reportedly working in New York and residing in New Jersey, sharing an apartment with Khan. He came to Hyderabad in 1999, obtained a fresh passport and went back to the US. He returned in January this year and married his cousin Tasleem from Pakistan. He too returned to the US leaving her behind.
The police were also verifying records at all police stations in the city to find out if there was any information on the duo. They were also trying to ascertain why both of them, being in their early 30s, gave out their age as 51 and 47 years to the FBI interrogators.
"We have official records to prove that they have genuine passports," Deputy Commissioner of Police (south zone) S Umapathy said.
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