Delhi cops bust gang involved in illegal immigration of Bangladeshis, 11 held
South Delhi police said the accused, including Aadhaar operators and tech experts, created fake websites to create fake documents for Bangladeshi immigrants.
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An FIR was subsequently filed under sections 336 and 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. (File)With the arrest of 11 people, police Tuesday claimed to have unearthed a gang involved in the illegal immigration of Bangladeshi nationals. Among those arrested, five are Bangladeshi citizens and the rest were allegedly involved in making forged documents to facilitate the immigration process.
DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan said the operation was uncovered after a murder probe led police to discover a network facilitating illegal immigration. “The gang was busted when our team tracked down four people involved in a murder case in Sangam Vihar on October 21,” said Chauhan.
Bangladeshi nationals — Midul Miyan alias Akash Ahmed and Fardeen Ahmed alias Abhi Ahmed, along with their wives — were arrested in connection with the murder of one Sentu Sheikh alias Raja. “During questioning, the accused revealed that Sentu used to bully them. Further investigation showed that the accused had entered India illegally and had been living in Sangam Vihar for several years,” the officer said.
They were found in possession of Bangladeshi IDs and birth certificates. As many as 21 Aadhaar cards, four voter IDs, and eight PAN cards were also recovered from the victim’s home, said police. Among the four voter IDs, one was traced to a woman, a Bangladeshi national, in Bareilly, police said. She was arrested.
“Investigation revealed that the accused used a fake website to create fraudulent birth certificates, which were used to obtain Aadhaar cards. The documents were processed through a network of operators, including Sahil Sehgal (26), who ran a computer centre in Rohini, and Ranjit (30), who worked with an authorised Aadhaar operator at Karnataka Bank in Rohini,” the DCP said.
Payments for these fake documents were routed through a UPI account linked to Mohammad Chand (28), who transferred the amount to Saddam Hussain (33) on a 2% commission. Police traced the website to Hussain’s associate Deepak Mishra (34), who admitted to creating the platform with the help of his brother-in-law Sonu Kumar (31), a cyber cafe owner in Noida.
“The probe uncovered that these illegal immigrants entered India through the jungle from Bangladesh and were transported by bikes to nearby towns. From there, they took trains to Delhi,” Chauhan said.
Meanwhile, four persons have been arrested for allegedly producing and distributing counterfeit visas to several people, including four Bangladeshi nationals.
Devesh Kumar Mahla, DCP (New Delhi), on Tuesday, said that the accused – Paramjeet Singh (25), Tajinder Singh (51), Sunil Kumar Sood (67) and Uday Pal Singh (42) – were part of a major fake visa racket.
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