DEHRADUN: Five Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, were arrested in Dehradun’s Clement Town Saturday night for allegedly staying illegally in India without proper travel documents, police said on Sunday. During probe, it was found that they came to India fearing persecution of the minorities during communal tension following the toppling of Sheikh Hasina govt in July last year, reports Kalyan Das.
Police said the five accused were working in Dehradun for past two months after arriving there with the help of two agents who are on the run.
A 28-year-old Indian woman was also arrested for assisting their illegal stay, while four minor children of the foreigners were sent to a shelter home.
SSP Dehradun Ajai Singh said, “Nirmal Roy, 35; Shyam Roy, 33; Lipi Roy, 27; Krishna Chandra Roy, 28; and Munir Chandra Roy, 30, all residents of Dinajpur, Bangladesh, were arrested. The Indian woman was identified as Pooja Rani (wife of Munir), of Cooch Behar in West Bengal.”
The SSP added, “Acting on a tip-off, police went to the spot where they were staying and asked them to show their travel documents, on which they failed to produce any. The cops found two fake Aadhaar cards with addresses of Bihar and West Bengal from Munir, while a Bangladeshi identity card was found on Krishna. A case was subsequently registered against the accused under BNS sections.”
Meanwhile, an officer ruled out any espionage angle: “The five accused after illegally crossing the border first went to Rajasthan and then arrived in Uttarakhand and were working as labourers at a construction site of a private institute in Dehradun.”
Police said the five accused were working in Dehradun for past two months after arriving there with the help of two agents who are on the run.
A 28-year-old Indian woman was also arrested for assisting their illegal stay, while four minor children of the foreigners were sent to a shelter home.
SSP Dehradun Ajai Singh said, “Nirmal Roy, 35; Shyam Roy, 33; Lipi Roy, 27; Krishna Chandra Roy, 28; and Munir Chandra Roy, 30, all residents of Dinajpur, Bangladesh, were arrested. The Indian woman was identified as Pooja Rani (wife of Munir), of Cooch Behar in West Bengal.”
The SSP added, “Acting on a tip-off, police went to the spot where they were staying and asked them to show their travel documents, on which they failed to produce any. The cops found two fake Aadhaar cards with addresses of Bihar and West Bengal from Munir, while a Bangladeshi identity card was found on Krishna. A case was subsequently registered against the accused under BNS sections.”
Meanwhile, an officer ruled out any espionage angle: “The five accused after illegally crossing the border first went to Rajasthan and then arrived in Uttarakhand and were working as labourers at a construction site of a private institute in Dehradun.”
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