Three months after deportation, Bangladeshi woman with two Aadhaar cards comes back, held in Bhosari

Currently residing in Bhosari in Pimpri Chinchwad, Fatima was found with two Aadhaar cards in two different names in India, which she is suspected to have procured with the help of agents in Pune, police said.

The Anti-Terrorist Bureau (ATB) of the Pimpri Chinchwad police got information about the suspect Fatima Akhtar that she was a Bangladeshi national overstaying in India, after her visa period had expired.

Police inspector V D Raut of the ATB said, “During the search operation, our team traced Fatima Akhtar’s location and nabbed her from Bhosari on November 4.”

“We have seized two Aadhaar cards from her possession, both having her photographs, but in two different names Mala Vitthal Davkhar and Fatima Fahimuddin,” said Raut.

Police said Fatima came to India from Bangladesh on a tourist visa by road via the international border in West Bengal in July 2019. She went back in October same year. Again, she came to India on a tourist visa on February 25, 2020. But later she did not go back even after her visa period expired, police said.

Police suspect that during her illegal stay in India, she procured an Aadhaar card in the name of Mala Vitthal Davkhar with the help of an agent in Pune. Meanwhile, she got married to Mohammad Fahimuddin of Karnataka and then procured another Aadhaar card, police said.

Police said Fatima met Fahimuddin, who is also in his 30s in Karnataka and later the couple claimed to have got married. They were currently residing in Bhosari. Police have recovered their marriage photographs. Police said Fatima was doing some household jobs in Pune, while her husband is an electrician by profession. Police suspect he was aware of Fatima’s Bangladeshi nationality before they got married.

When the police nabbed Fatima and examined her documents, it was known that she was earlier held for overstay by a Mumbai Police team and deported to Bangladesh in August 2025. Accordingly, the Pimpri Chinchwad police have started a communication with their Mumbai counterparts for gathering information about Fatima’s case.

Police are investigating how she returned to India even after deportation. Police suspect that Fatima left Bangladesh, infiltrated to India allegedly by giving a few thousand rupees to some agents or racketeers operating at the international border across West Bengal, and from there reached Pune a few days before.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivaji Pawar said, “We have issued a restriction order for the Bangladeshi woman found at Bhosari. Further legal action would be taken as per the procedure.”

Police sources said the woman may be deported again to Bangladesh.