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Wazhul Kamar Khan alias Murtuza Choudhary`s name was at number 41 in the list that was handed over to Pakistan during Secretary-level talks in March and made public recently.
The 44-year-old man, who was arrested last year for his alleged role in the 2003 Mulund train blasts here, has been living in Thane`s Waghle Estate with his mother, wife and children, after he was let out on bail, police sources said.
Neither the Anti-Terrorism Squad nor Mumbai police`s Crime Branch is accepting any lapse on their part that led to the gaffe.
"We have not given any such name to the Central government," a top ATS official told PTI on condition of anonymity.
In the same vein, a senior IPS officer with the Crime Branch said, "We were not contacted by anybody before preparing the list. The Central security agencies are responsible for the goof-up. Had they contacted us, we would have updated them about Khan`s arrest."
Khan had been arrested by the ATS from suburban Kurla with a 7.65 mm pistol and three live cartridges on May 10 last year.
He was subsequently sent to judicial custody in a case registered under the Arms Act when the Mumbai`s crime branch, probing the blast cases, arrested him in the Mulund blast case on May 21.
