3 Bangladeshi nationals held in Ahilyanagar: Used forged documents to get jobs, open bank accounts; hunt on for trafficking agent ‘Pappu'
PUNE: Ahilyanagar police arrested three illegal Bangladeshi nationals on Friday in a joint operation with the Military Intelligence unit of the Southern Command. They were found to be illegally staying in the Pokhardi industrial zone for the last two years.
The police and the MI are searching for an agent named 'Pappu', who was bringing illegal migrants from the border region of West Bengal and Bangladesh for the last few years. The arrested suspects managed to obtain Aadhaar and
PAN
cards at a centre in Thane district.
Explaining the modus operandi, a senior police officer told TOI, "During our investigation, we came to know that the agents were operating from small towns and cities of the state and outside states in bringing illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
They established their network in Kolkata and other towns across the country. Once they managed to bring them to India, these illegal immigrants stayed for some weeks in Kolkata before moving to other cities in the country.
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"These agents established their local contacts in the towns and cities. Through them, they managed to make their basic documents. Within a few months, they created Aadhaar and PAN cards for the immigrants.
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They charged a hefty amount from these immigrants," added the officer.
A proper route was also established by these agents for bringing them in and sending them back to their towns whenever they wanted to visit their family, said the sources.
"Some migrants travelled back to their native places in Bangladesh after spending a few months in India. They did it with proper caution and systematically to dodge the various security agencies," added the officials.
"We are investigating how they managed to make such original documents. Because of that, they could open their bank accounts. Also, we are trying to establish how these migrants came in contact with the local industries where they were working for the last few months," said Senior Police Inspector Manik Chaudhari from the MIDC police station, where an FIR was lodged.
So far, the police and MI established that the arrested suspects worked as labourers at a local construction site.
The accused were identified as Jahangir Abutaher Sheikh (34), Hanif Abdul Khalid Sheikh (40), and Musharraf Sheikh (40) - all natives of Hajiganj, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
Joint interrogation is currently underway to ascertain any links to anti-national elements (ANEs) or wider networks of illegal immigration.
"Our investigation has so far established that they did not visit any defence establishment in Ahilyanagar. We are investigating their motive behind illegally staying in the state," added Chaudhari.
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