Chile may have held wrong man,says CBI

The team did not have any picture or fingerprints to corroborate the identity of the person. “So,it was decided that a background check by the method of elimination will help them establish whether Rauf is the person who is alleged to be behind the hijack. But as they quizzed the man,they learnt he was not the wanted person,” said an official.

The CBI,however,said it has not closed the chapter yet,but has sought help from the FBI,which had also registered a case in IC-814 case since an American was among the hostages and has examined the three persons convicted in the case.

“We have sought help of the FBI… as it is possible that the detained man may be misleading our team,” the CBI official said. “The team is likely to return to India by Monday in case there is no word from the FBI.”