Ahmedabad: ‘Illegal’ Bangladeshi immigrant arrested for forging documents to obtain Indian IDs

Based on the tip-off, a preliminary investigation was conducted, during which it was found that the Aadhaar card and other documents in possession of the women that mentioned her as an Indian citizen had been forged by the said suspect, officials said.

Officials carried out a probe after obtaining details of a form filled by the suspect to obtain an Indian passport. According to the DCB, the woman declared that she had been residing at the address mentioned in the form since her birth in 1994. However, when the crime branch officials went to the address to verify her claims, they allegedly found that the plotting of the society had been done only in 2009 and possession had been given to residents only in 2012.

While conducting a technical analysis of the mobile number written in the passport form, it was found that the number submitted by the suspect was registered in someone else’s name.

Also, from 2017 to 2021, she had changed her addresses from places in Gujarat to ones in Maharashtra a total of six times.

While verifying the email ID submitted in the application, officials found that it was activated for the first time in Pakistan. Besides, all of her social media accounts were activated from Bangladesh.

A case was subsequently registered against her. When the police raided her current residence, where she lives with her husband and child, they also found Bangladeshi currency and a birth certificate allegedly issued by the Uttar Pradesh government.

She was placed under arrest and produced in the local court, which granted the DCB a four-day remand of the accused till May 16.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.