Five more Bangladeshis rounded up in Uttarakhand | India News

Five Bangladeshi nationals held in Doon

DEHRADUN: Five Bangladeshi nationals, together with a lady, had been arrested in Dehradun’s Clement Town Saturday evening for allegedly staying illegally in India with out correct journey paperwork, police mentioned on Sunday. During probe, it was discovered that they got here to India fearing persecution of the minorities throughout communal stress following the toppling of Sheikh Hasina govt in July final 12 months, reviews Kalyan Das.Police mentioned the 5 accused had been working in Dehradun for previous two months after arriving there with the assistance of two brokers who’re on the run.A 28-year-old Indian lady was additionally arrested for aiding their unlawful keep, whereas 4 minor youngsters of the foreigners had been despatched to a shelter house.SSP Dehradun Ajai Singh mentioned, “Nirmal Roy, 35; Shyam Roy, 33; Lipi Roy, 27; Krishna Chandra Roy, 28; and Munir Chandra Roy, 30, all residents of Dinajpur, Bangladesh, were arrested. The Indian woman was identified as Pooja Rani (wife of Munir), of Cooch Behar in West Bengal.”The SSP added, “Acting on a tip-off, police went to the spot where they were staying and asked them to show their travel documents, on which they failed to produce any. The cops found two fake Aadhaar cards with addresses of Bihar and West Bengal from Munir, while a Bangladeshi identity card was found on Krishna. A case was subsequently registered against the accused under BNS sections.”Meanwhile, an officer dominated out any espionage angle: “The five accused after illegally crossing the border first went to Rajasthan and then arrived in Uttarakhand and were working as labourers at a construction site of a private institute in Dehradun.”