Summary:
Accroding to the report, Ansal then applied for a passport in 2018 after getting a no-objection certificate from a trial court. He was given travel documents without proper verification despite pending criminal cases against him. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has blamed the Delhi Police and passport officials in the city for issuing the travel document to real estate baron Sushil Ansal despite his conviction in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire. The Regional Passport Office (RPO) thereafter put the passport in safe custody and levied a penalty of Rs 5,000 on him for the false declaration. In an affidavit before the court, the the passport office has said Ansal seemed to have "deliberately concealed" the details of the criminal case against him..