The West Bengal Police on Thursday evening arrested a Bangladeshi nationwide who has been illegally residing in Kolkata metropolis for the previous one yr.
They’ve additionally seized a pretend Aadhaar card and PAN card from the accused recognized as Mohammed Abidur Rahaman, 37, a resident of Narail district, Bangladesh, the police mentioned on Friday.
The police are additionally inspecting if Rahaman has any hyperlinks with former Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) chief Salim Matabbar, a resident of Bangladesh, who was arrested final month for unlawful keep in India.
In accordance with the police, Rahaman, a material provider, used to have a legitimate visa and passport and travelled ceaselessly between India and Bangladesh for the previous 10 years. Final yr, he determined to completely settle in Kolkata even after the expiry of the visa and began residing illegally in a rented lodging within the Port space, they added.
Rahaman was produced in Bankshal court docket that despatched him to police custody till January 6 for additional interrogation.
The police mentioned that they’re investigating if the accused was concerned in any human trafficking racket to carry extra Bangladeshi residents to India.
Rahaman claimed that he obtained the pretend id playing cards from an unknown place in North 24 Parganas, the police mentioned.
Matabbar was staying in Kolkata for the previous two years within the title of ‘Ravi Sharma’. He was arrested from Park Road on November 29 and all his pretend paperwork had been seized. The police have filed a case towards him beneath the Foreigners Act and slapped sections associated to dishonest.
In the meantime, in one other crackdown on unlawful immigrants, the police arrested 10 Bangladeshi infiltrators and 5 Indian brokers engaged in human trafficking in Nadia district on Thursday evening.
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