Driver held for hitting cop with car is illegal B'deshi immigrant
when he hit an on-duty cop with his car last week. Azad Sheikh (41) was arrested by Kalighat police after the accident.
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While checking his credentials, it was found that he was living in India illegally.
He was booked under further relevant sections under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and The Foreigners Act.
According to cops, Azad, originally from Sahasaril Bazar in Faridpur, Bangladesh, entered Indian territory illegally sometime after Oct 2023. He has been living in Khassankdaha village in Sandeshkhali.
"He confessed to entering India without proper travel documents, like a passport or visa.
He had a fake Aadhaar card, with which he obtained a driving licence to work as a driver. We learned the identification documents he had were entirely fake and are checking the genuineness of the driving licence as well," said an officer.
Police said that on May 18, around 6.25 am, Azad was driving a private car near Kalighat temple and hit a bike driven by Netaji Nagar police station assistant sub-inspector Susen Das. The accident happened at the Kali Temple Road-Sadananda Road crossing.
Das, who was on his way to a law-and-order duty post near Tolly's Nala, sustained a fracture in his leg, facial abrasions, and waist injuries after he fell off the bike on impact.
He was admitted to ICU at a private hospital in Alipore, and Azad was arrested following a complaint lodged by the officer's wife.
Initially treating the incident as a case of rash and negligent driving, and an attempt to commit culpable homicide under BNS sections 281, 125(b), 324(4), and 110, the cops found that the Aadhaar card and driving licence submitted by Azad were fake.
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Later, during interrogation, he confessed to being a Bangladeshi. Azad eventually narrated how he crossed the Bongaon border by paying a member of a brokerage syndicate in Oct 2023, who then brought Azad to Dum Dum and arranged for him to stay as a paying guest.
The man confessed that the broker connected him with someone who creates fake identification documents. Azad's fake Aadhaar card and other documents were made using an address in North 24 Parganas.
He claimed he used to drive in Faridpur, and based on his past knowledge and fake documents, he obtained a driving licence and joined a private firm in South Kolkata as a driver. "He admitted that last week, he hit the cop with the car.
He admitted that he had dozed off at the wheel when the accident happened," said an officer.
On May 21, Azad was arrested in a separate case under section 14A(b) of The Foreigners Act and section 212 (furnishing false information to a public servant) of BNS. He was produced in a city court and was sent to police custody. Cops have also arrested a linkman, Zafar Ali Sheikh, who connected Azad to the broker. He was produced in an Alipore court and sent to police custody till June 4.
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