Authorities in Maharashtra’s Thane district have apprehended five Bangladeshi women for allegedly residing in India without valid documentation. The arrests were made during a police raid conducted in the Bhiwandi area on Monday, according to an official statement released on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a chawl (a row of tenement housing) in the Bhiwandi locality, where they discovered the women residing in a house. The women, aged between 36 and 50, failed to produce any valid identification or documentation to justify their stay in India, as per the release.