Diplomat Navdeep Suri, who has served as India’s ambassador to the UAE, Australia and Egypt, has been asked to prove his citizenship by the officials carrying out the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Amritsar.Suri told The Tribune that he had submitted his Aadhaar Card and voter ID details to the booth level officer (BLO) concerned, as required under the SIR exercise.“I went to the BLO, submitted my voter ID and Aadhaar Card and was assured that everything was in order. Today, I received a message from the officials concerned that my details do not match with the SIR details in 2003. The funny thing is, I was in London in 2003, posted at the Indian High Commission and did not participate in SIR. I got my voter card and Aadhaar card details updated in 2024, when I shifted base to Amritsar,” he said.He has now been served a notice asking him to appear before the official concerned on August 28. Suri said the notice did not clearly specify the documents required to establish his citizenship.“I have been asked to provide my passport. But the notice does not clearly mention what documents are required apart from those already submitted, to prove citizenship. It is unspecified,” he said.Suri, the grandson of eminent Punjabi novelist Nanak Singh, shared his experience with the SIR on “X”. “I have several documents, other than my voter card and Aadhaar card, to prove my citizenship, but my concern is for many who find themselves in a similar situation and face the dilemma of proving their citizenship,” the former diplomat said.Meanwhile, Amritsar Deputy Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer Dalwinderjit Singh said Suri’s vote was registered in 2019 and 2024.“As per the Election Commission process, the current voter details are being matched with those of 2003. Since he was serving outside the country at that time, his vote remained unmapped. We are going to review the details submitted by him and act accordingly,” he said.In Punjab, after the extended deadline for the SIR ended on August 3, 20.66 lakh of the state’s 2.14 crore voters, or 9.63 per cent, had been omitted from the list after being classified as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate.The BLOs conducted a house-to-house survey and mapped voters with electoral rolls prepared during the previous SIR in 2003, as per the ECI guidelines. Claims and objections for inclusion or correction in the electoral rolls can be filed between August 13 and September 12.