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India Gazette
11 hours ago
- India Gazette
Tripura: Two Bangladeshi nationals, tout held for illegal entry in Agartala
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 28 (ANI): Two Bangladeshi nationals were detained in Agartala during routine patrolling for illegally entering India through the state borders, police said. The two accused, identified as Aklima Akhtar and Ruma Sheikh. Police also mentioned that a tout has also been arrested, who has been identified as Krishna Deb Nath. 'During the routine patrolling, we have detained 2 Bangladeshi nationals who have illegally entered India. We have also arrested one of the touts, Krishna Dev Nath, who has helped them. The two women who have been detained are Aklima Akhtar and Ruma Sheikh... We have received intelligence reports indicating that more people have entered the country illegally, and we are conducting a search operation to apprehend them. Those who are detained will be sent to the Court for police remand,' Officer-in-Charge, East Agartala PS, Rana Chatterjee told ANI. Meanwhile, in Maharashtra on Wednesday, three Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended in a joint operation of the Military Intelligence unit of the Southern Command of the Indian Army and the MIDC Police Station in Ahilyanagar. The Bangladeshi nationals were illegally residing and working in the region for the past two years using forged Indian documents. Acting on specific intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence unit of Southern Command, authorities raided a construction site at Mouli Crusher in Pokhardi, under the jurisdiction of MIDC Police Station, and detained the three individuals. The immigrants had been working as labourers and had assumed false Indian identities with fake Aadhaar and PAN cards. According to officials, the trio had been living in Ahilyanagar for two years and had blended into the local population using forged identification to evade detection. Their questioning is currently underway to determine if they have any links to anti-national elements (ANEs) or broader illegal immigration networks. A senior officer from the investigation team said, 'We suspect more such illegal immigrants may be residing in various parts of Ahilyanagar and across Maharashtra. This operation could lead to wider revelations as the inquiry progresses, further investigations are underway'. On the same day, in a successful joint operation, the Southern Command Military Intelligence Unit and Kondhwa Police Station of Pune City Police apprehended four illegal immigrants from Bangladesh residing in a labour camp near Punyadham Ashram Road, Notting Hill Society, Pune. (ANI)
Indian Express
a day ago
- Indian Express
3 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh held from Ahilyanagar construction site; fake Aadhaar, PAN cards seized
Three illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who had obtained fake Aadhar and PAN cards were arrested from a construction site in Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar district on Thursday, based on input from the Southern Command Military Intelligence. The Ahilyanagar district police are investigating how the suspects obtained the fake documents and whether a larger racket was operating behind this. The Southern Command Military Intelligence at Ahilyanagar passed on the information to the police that the immigrants from Bangladesh were residing at Pokhardi near an industrial cluster near Ahilyanagar city. A joint operation by the teams from the Southern Command Military Intelligence and MIDC Police Station of Ahilyanagar nabbed the three Bangladeshi nationals who were working at a construction site in Pokhardi. The arrested individuals have been identified as Jahangir Abu Tahir Patwari, 34, Mohammed Hanif Abdul Khalid, 40, and Mosharaf Sheikh Habib Sheik, 40, — all natives of Chittagong. 'All three Bangladeshi nationals were working at a construction site and had fake identities as Indian nationals and had procured fake Aadhaar and PAN cards. Initial probe suggests that they have been residing in Ahilyanagar for the last two years. Further, questioning of these illegal immigrants is in progress. It is being investigated whether more Bangladeshi nationals are illegally living in the various locations of Ahilyanagar.' said an investigation officer with Ahilyanagar district police. The officer added they are investigating whether a larger racket is operating to supply fake documents to illegal immigrants. The three men have been booked under under relevant sections of the Foreigners Act. Earlier this month, the Military Intelligence (MI) unit of the Indian Army's Southern Command and the Pune city police arrested four Bangladeshi migrants from a labour camp in Kondhwa Budruk area of Pune.
