Varma landed at Mumbai airport along with his wife Sudha Dev Varma. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to be held at Lok Bhavan in south Mumbai on March 10

The accused, a resident of Khagrachari district of Bangladesh, was apprehended while attempting to cross into India through Gate No 2 of Amrit Para BSF camp in Dhalai district of Tripura. During the operation, BSF recovered a walkie-talkie set from his possession