25 August,2023 03:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have arrested two Bangladeshi nationals for staying in India without valid documents, an official said on Friday, reported the PTI.
Acting on a tip-off, the anti-human trafficking cell (AHTC) of the Navi Mumbai police raided a residential locality in Nerul on Thursday afternoon, the official said, according to the PTI.
The police apprehended Mofis Mansur Sheikh (61) and Vijayalakshmi Dineshkumar Ram (45), who were living there without valid documents, he said, the news agency reported.
An offence under various sections of the Passport (Entry into India) Rules 1950 and the Foreigners Act of 1946 has been registered against the duo, who were living in the locality for the last seven to eight years, the official said.
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Meanwhile, the Thane city police on Friday said it arrested a 32-year-old Bangladeshi national in Bhiwandi town last week.
A team from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) conducted a raid and nabbed Noor Hussain Abdul Salam Sheikh, a native of Chattagram of Bangladesh, an official from Kongaon police station said.
After his arrest on August 19, the police interrogated Sheikh and found that was using IMO, a video-calling application to remain in touch with his family, he said.
The arrested accused, who worked as a plumber, did not possess any valid documents to travel to or live in India, the official said.
Earlier, the Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals, three of them women, for allegedly staying in the country illegally without valid documents, an official had said on August 18, reported the PTI.
Based on a tip-off, officials of the police's anti-human trafficking cell (AHTC) raided a residential locality in Ulve on Thursday afternoon and nabbed the Bangladeshi nationals, the official told the PTI.
The eight accused, including three women, had been living in the locality since the last eight months and did not possess any valid documents, he said.
An offence under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Passport (Entry into India) Rules 1950 and The Foreigners Act of 1946 has been registered against them, the official from Navi Mumbai police said.
(with PTI inputs)
