Maharashtra: Five Bangladeshi nationals held for illegal stay in Palghar

Five Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in Maharashtras Palghar district for allegedly staying in the country illegally police said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIActing on a tipoff the polices antihuman trafficking cell AHTC raided a slum in Nallasopara and apprehended five men on September 22 inspector Saurabhi Pawar said reported PTIThe accused Arshad Rahamatullah Gazi 52 Ali Mohammad Dinmohammad Mandal 56 Miraj Saheb Mandal 19 Sajad Kadir Mandal 45 and Saheb Panchanan Sardar 45 allegedly did not possess any valid documents for entry into India she said reported PTIThe official said the Bangladeshi nationals had allegedly entered the country by the river route ten years ago and worked as labourersThe police on Monday registered a case under provisions of the Foreigners Act 1946 and Passport Entry into India Act 1950 and investigations are ongoingFive Bangladeshi women held for illegal stay in Maharashtras Thane districtIn August the police in Maharashtra arrested five Bangladeshi women from Mira Road in Maharashtras Thane district after they were found living in India without permission and valid documentsThe action was taken by the AntiHuman Trafficking Cell of the Mira BhayandarVasai Virar MBVV commissionerate they saidAccording to the PTI Assistant Commissioner of Police crime Madan Ballal said the police had received a tipoff that some Bangladeshi nationals were residing illegally in Mira Road area following which raids were conducted at two slums on SaturdayFive Bangladeshi women were nabbed in the operation During their questioning they could not produce any valid documents for their stay in the country he saidFIRs have been registered against them at the Mira Road and Naya Nagar police stations under the provisions of the Passport Entry into India Act and Foreigners Act the police said adding that a probe was onBangladeshi nationals held for illegal stay in Navi MumbaiMeanwhile in an another incident earlier in August five Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested for allegedly staying illegally in Navi Mumbai the police saidFollowing a tip off the Navi Mumbai Polices antihuman trafficking cell conducted a raid in a residential building at Koparkhairne on Saturday and apprehended four women and a manDuring the questioning it came to light that they entered India using forged documents an officer from Koparkhairne police station saidThe women who are in the age group of 34 to 45 years worked as housekeepers while the man aged 38 used to do painting work the officer saidA first information report FIR was registered against them under the relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for cheating and forgery as well as under the provisions of the Passport Entry into India Rules1950 and the Foreigners Act1946 the officer saidWith inputs from PTI