Maharashtra: 13 Bangladeshi nationals held for illegal stay in country

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The Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have arrested 13 Bangladeshi nationals, including five women, for allegedly illegally staying in the country, an official said on Friday.

The station house officer of Khandeshwar police station said the foreigners were taken into custody from Khanda Colony in New Panvel on Tuesday night.

They were living there for the past year without a visa or passport, he said.

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The arrested persons were booked under the Foreigners Act and the Passports Act on Wednesday, he added.

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The action come around a week after the police in Thane district had arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals, including six women, for allegedly staying without a visa or passport, an official had told the PTI, last Saturday.

The Bangladeshi nationals were taken into custody from Nayanagar in Mira Road, senior inspector Sameer Ahirrao from the Anti Human Trafficking Cell of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police had told the PTI.

The eight persons did odd jobs for a living, he said, adding that they have been booked under the Indian Passports Act and The Foreigners Act.

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