GUJRANWALA: A local court on Saturday gave five-day physical remand to an Indian national for questioning.

Panjam Tiwari was arrested on Friday night during a raid in Lari Adda area of the city for living in the country with fake passport and documents for the last 10 years.

A team of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced Tiwari before the court and demanded his custody on physical remand for further investigation, which was granted.

According to FIA, the Indian national, a resident of the Indian city of Banaras, had gone to Dubai for work in 2009 and met Kamran, a resident of Gujranwala.

They became business partners and after some Kamran brought him to Pakistan on a fake passport.

Tiwari got married with Kamran’s sister Rukhsana and embraced Islam.

He started living in Pakistan on fake documents, including birth certificate, CNIC, marriage deed. —INP