Mumbai: India is to investigate after a man whose name was given to Pakistan on a list of the 50 most wanted fugitives was found living near the Indian city of Mumbai. Wazhul Kamar Khan is accused of involvement in a blast on a Mumbai train in 2003 in which 11 people were killed and more than 80 injured. He is number 41 on the list of people that India says are hiding in Pakistan.
India blames Pakistan-based militant groups for attacks in recent years.
The home ministry has ordered an inquiry into the error. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has described it as a “monumental lapse”.
Wazhul Kamar Khan was arrested last year, but later released on bail. He continued to live at his address of many years, in the Mumbai suburb of Thane, with his mother, wife and children.
Correspondents say the mistake is likely to cost India dear.
They say Islamabad will now be able to raise doubts about the other names on the list too.
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