Police probe LU rolls to verify Lashkar man’s claims

The information matched,but Aslam’s photograph is missing from the data in the list available with the computer.

The Additional Director General ATS and Law & Order AK Jain said the university authorities have been asked to search the examination form of Aslam to check his photograph. That search will be made on Thursday.

The Delhi Special Cell had found a fake LU ID from the suspected militant,which had his photograph. The name it carried was Saleem. But during interrogation,the man claimed he was Mohammad Aslam,a native of Mandi police station area,Rajauri district in Jammu & Kashmir.

The Delhi Police contacted the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) to verify the university credentials. Jain said the ATS team visited the LU computer centre at noon.

According to the university records,his father’s name is Mohammad Lateef and mother’s Jainab. His local address was in Nadwatul,an Islamic seminary located adjacent to the Lucknow University. His permanent address tallied with the one he had given the Delhi Police,Jain said. Aslam’s date of birth is mentioned incorrectly — it reads 03-02-198 —one digit being missing.

But the computer records did not include Aslam’s photograph although in case of the other 100 students,it carried their passport photographs. Rajiv Krishna,the DIG,ATS,said a team would leave for Delhi on Thursday to join the interrogation.