<p>Bihar Police chief Neelmani said it was a matter of investigation as to who issued the passport, who verified the address and how Khan managed to get it re-issued.<br /><br />Neelmani said all aspects of this high-profile case would be looked into by the police.<br /><br />"It is a matter of surprise that the address on which Hasan Ali Khan was issued passport in 1997 is of a general nature, with no specific details," he said.<br /><br />On Thursday, the case of a passport issued to Hasan on a fake address in Patna came to light.<br /><br />Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Alok Kumar said a regional passport officer at Patna had lodged a first information report (FIR) Dec 19 last year against Khan for cheating and forgery for submission of fake residential proof while applying for a passport.<br /><br />Khan, in his passport application, had given Pathantoli locality under Alamganj police station in Patna as his local address and Belsand village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district as the permanent address, he said.<br /><br />Khan is said to have stashed away $8 billion (Rs.36,000 crore) abroad and is allegedly India's biggest tax defaulter.<br /></p>
<p>Bihar Police chief Neelmani said it was a matter of investigation as to who issued the passport, who verified the address and how Khan managed to get it re-issued.<br /><br />Neelmani said all aspects of this high-profile case would be looked into by the police.<br /><br />"It is a matter of surprise that the address on which Hasan Ali Khan was issued passport in 1997 is of a general nature, with no specific details," he said.<br /><br />On Thursday, the case of a passport issued to Hasan on a fake address in Patna came to light.<br /><br />Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Alok Kumar said a regional passport officer at Patna had lodged a first information report (FIR) Dec 19 last year against Khan for cheating and forgery for submission of fake residential proof while applying for a passport.<br /><br />Khan, in his passport application, had given Pathantoli locality under Alamganj police station in Patna as his local address and Belsand village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district as the permanent address, he said.<br /><br />Khan is said to have stashed away $8 billion (Rs.36,000 crore) abroad and is allegedly India's biggest tax defaulter.<br /></p>