They say a picture speaks a thousand words, so one wonders what the photographs of Home Minister RR Patil with deported Pakistani national Sayyed Waseem-ur-Rehman Shah must mean.

Investigations by Sunday MiD-DAY have revealed that Patil was aware of Shah’s presence in Bhandup, after it was brought to his attention by MLC Ram Pandagale in May 2010. In fact, Patil promised to take action against Shah, but photographs show Patil offering prayers with Shah just two months later, in July 2010.