VARANASI: An Azamgarh resident, facing a sedition case for alleged ties with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), was arrested late Sunday, when he was about to board a Sharjah-bound flight at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi. A local court had issued a lookout notice against him.Faiz, a native of Khudadadpur in Azamgarh district , was sent to prison on Monday after a case was registered against him by Azamgarh police. He was accused of being a sleeper cell member of a terror module in 2001, police said. DIG Azamgarh Vijay Bhushan ordered Azamgarh SP Babloo Kumar to probe role of local cops after it came to light Faiz ducked the lookout notice to visit Saudi Arabia in 2015-16 and work as a tailor. "The superintendent of police will submit a report within a fortnight and cops would be taken to task for failing to impound Faiz's passport," he said.Faiz reached the airport from Azamgarh on Sunday to board a Sharjah flight and when his passport was checked by immigration officers, they stumbled upon the lookout notice issued by an Azamgarh court. He was swiftly handed over to CISF, who informed the police.SP Azamgarh said, "A police team reached Varanasi airport on late on Sunday and took Faiz to Azamgarh. On Monday, an FIR was lodged against Faiz for committing fraud and hushing up facts to procure a passport. He was produced in court and sent to jail."DIG Azamgarh (range) said a preliminary probe shows Faiz travelled to Saudi Arabia and worked as tailor between 2015 and 2016.

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