This Article is From Dec 14, 2009

Headley fallout: Stricter security

New Delhi: The Indian investigative agencies are still trying to piece together the Headley puzzle, especially how he managed to enter India with fake travel documents without being detected.

He came to India at least thrice and moved freely in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

This has now forced the government to push for tighter security and stricter rules for all foreigners travelling to India.

The government is launching a big plan to track immigration visas and foreigners' registration. 169 Indian missions, 77 immigration offices and the Foreigner Regional Registration Office will directly report to the Central Foreigners Bureau.

At airports, travel documents will be authenticated using state-of-the-art scanners and biometrics along with online registration of foreigners and passenger profiling to identify suspicious travelers.

It will take about four and a half years and it will cost more than a crore of rupees to set up this security system.

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