Bengaluru: A Bangladeshi national staying illegally in a shed at Bellahalli village was detained during a verification drive against foreign nationals in the city. Police also booked two landowners for allegedly sheltering him and failing to inform authorities.
On June 7, police Inspector Prasheela BS of Bagalur police station directed her subordinates to identify and verify foreign nationals residing within the jurisdiction. Acting on a tipoff, a team inspected a cluster of sheds located at Bellahalli village near Yelahanka.
Information received indicated that several migrant workers from Assam and West Bengal were engaged as rag pickers and residing in temporary sheds at the location. During the verification process, one resident was unable to produce valid identity or residency documents.
On further inquiry, the man identified himself as Shakib alias Md Abujar Sojib, 22, a native of Rayenda village in Bagerhat district, Bangladesh. He reportedly confessed to having entered India illegally via the Assam border about a year ago. He had been working as a rag picker for a mason in the city while staying in a shed on land owned by Syed Sameer and Syed Naseer.
Shakib told police that he did not have his birth certificate or any other identity proof. Police took him into custody and produced him before the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) on June 8. Subsequent checks conducted through the authorities confirmed that he was a citizen of Bangladesh and that his national ID number is 2007097719009397.
The FRRO ordered that he be lodged in a Foreigners Detention Centre pending further proceedings.
The landowners have been booked under the Foreigners Act and Section 211 (omission to give notice or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to give it) of the BNS.
An officer said: “The FRRO officials are in the process of deporting Shakib to his country. There are many more Bangladeshi nationals residing in the city and doing rag-picking work. They claim that they are from West Bengal. Our efforts to trace illegally staying foreign nationals will continue.”
HM Chaithanya Swamy is a Special Correspondent at The Times of In...
Read MoreHM Chaithanya Swamy is a Special Correspondent at The Times of India, Bengaluru, with 15 years of experience. He has established a strong reputation in crime and civic reporting, covering a wide range of issues including traffic challenges, cybercrime, and criminal trends in Bengaluru. His reporting spans high-profile investigations led by agencies including National Investigation Agency (NIA), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and Directorate of Enforcement (ED), as well as key state police agencies, court proceedings, and crimes against women and children.
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