Eight people from Bangladesh have been arrested for illegally staying in Surat for over five years, police said Monday.
Surat Special Operations Group (SOG) police inspector AP Chaudhary said, “The accused had been staying in different areas in Surat for the last five years. They illegally obtained fake identity documents like Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, driving licences, and birth certificates.”
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He added, “The accused have been linked to prostitution activities. Such illegal immigrants reach the Satkhira and Jossore borders of Bangladesh and illegally enter the Bangoan border of West Bengal. They are lured with jobs with good salaries by human traffickers, but once they land in Surat, they have to work against their wish.”
SOG officials in Surat made different teams and worked on the leads from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants staying in the city, said police.
The “illegal immigrants” were arrested from different parts of Surat like Sarthana, Pandesara, Lalgate, Mahidharpura, Chowk Bazaar, and Utran.
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Apart from the “illegal immigrants”, police also arrested Akash Mankar, a resident of Kadodara, who had allegedly made the fake documents.
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