Nigerian held with suspicious bag at rly station by AllIsWell on 01 October, 2012 - 06:00 AM | ||
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AllIsWell | Nigerian held with suspicious bag at rly station on 01 October, 2012 - 06:00 AM | |
New Delhi:The alertness of three taxi drivers helped the Delhi police nab a foreign national, suspected to be from Nigeria, in the Paharganj side of New Delhi Railway Station, after he was found dumping a bag with suspicious material today.Three taxi drivers Satnam, Sonu and Satish around 10.40 am found that a foreign national came to the parking lot, kept a bag and was leaving the place. They followed him and then caught hold of him. After getting unsatisfactory reply from him, the taxi drivers informed the police.Following which, panic gripped the whole area and people were vacated and fire and bomb disposal squad was called in. After verifying the bag, the police found that there were some papers, a box and black dollars. "There were no explosive items in the bag and the papers are being verified. Meanwhile, we have detained the foreigner, who claimed himself as Martin from Nigeria. We have to verify the credentials of this man as he has not shown his passport," said SK Jain, Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime and railways).However, the investigating official said that he looked like a member of a "black dollar" racket, which cheats people on the pretext of giving money as lottery. |