Passport office asks police to check if ‘Nepali-looking’ sisters are Indians
Santosh, Heena have been issued passports ‘provisionally’
04/01/2020, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,CHANDIGARH
The Regional Passport Office here on Friday said it has asked the Ambala police to check if the two sisters from Haryana, who were allegedly denied passports for their “Nepalese appearance”, are Indian citizens.
Santosh and Heena have been issued passports “provisionally” on the request of the Ambala Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh Regional Passport Officer Sibash Kabiraj said.
The sisters, who had applied for passports, were allegedly refused the same and it was written on their documents that “applicant seems to be Nepali”.
‘Standard comment’
However, Mr. Kabiraj, an IPS officer, clarified that the passports were not denied to them, but were kept on hold, and said officers have been asked to write “Citizenship Questionable” as a standard comment on official documents rather than about the “appearance” of an applicant .
The sisters’ citizenship is still “questionable”, he said, adding, “we have ordered an inquiry to the Ambala SSP (to find out) whether these girls are Indian citizens or not”.
Santosh, Heena have been issued passports ‘provisionally’
04/01/2020, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,CHANDIGARH
The Regional Passport Office here on Friday said it has asked the Ambala police to check if the two sisters from Haryana, who were allegedly denied passports for their “Nepalese appearance”, are Indian citizens.
Santosh and Heena have been issued passports “provisionally” on the request of the Ambala Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh Regional Passport Officer Sibash Kabiraj said.
The sisters, who had applied for passports, were allegedly refused the same and it was written on their documents that “applicant seems to be Nepali”.
‘Standard comment’
However, Mr. Kabiraj, an IPS officer, clarified that the passports were not denied to them, but were kept on hold, and said officers have been asked to write “Citizenship Questionable” as a standard comment on official documents rather than about the “appearance” of an applicant .
The sisters’ citizenship is still “questionable”, he said, adding, “we have ordered an inquiry to the Ambala SSP (to find out) whether these girls are Indian citizens or not”.
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