Alert in Odisha after four men claiming to be Iraqi nationals go missing

BHUBANESWAR: A high alert has been sounded in Odisha after four men, presenting themselves as Iraqi nationals, disappeared when asked to produce their identity proof at a hotel here last night, with police suspecting them to be terrorists. The four men came to the hotel in a car with a Delhi registration number which turned out to be fake, police said.

"The four persons who fled the hotel before the police reached there could be terrorists... The four suspected terrorists had claimed to be natives of Iraq," said DGP KB Singh. "They came in a car bearing Delhi number plate. However, verification of the car’s registration number showed that it was fake," he added.

Siba Narayan Mohapatra, the hotel manager, said: "While one of them came to the hotel reception desk, three others were inside the car parked outside. The CCTV has captured the picture of one suspected terrorist and the vehicle used by them."