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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.
