3 illegal Bangladeshi migrants working in Pune’s Talegaon MIDC held

Acting on a tip-off to Police Constable Roshan Pagare of the anti-terrorist cell (ATC) of the Pimpri Chinchwad police, a team led by sub-inspector Prashant Relekar raided a room in the Talegaon MIDC area and arrested the three accused persons on December 30.

An FIR was lodged against the accused persons as per sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Passports Act, and the Foreigners Act.

As per a press release issued by senior police inspector Ranjit Jadhav, the police seized Aadhaar cards and Indian PAN cards from the accused.

“Bangladeshi passport was seized from a suspect. Also, Bangladeshi birth certificates and other documents showing that the suspects are natives of Bangladesh were seized from their possession. It was found that the accused made several cell phone calls to people in Bangladesh,” said police inspector V D Raut of the Anti-Terrorist Bureau of the Pimpri Chinchwad police.

Accused procured forged Indian birth certificates, then Aadhaar and PAN cards

A probe revealed that the accused came to India from Bangladesh by crossing the international border in West Bengal without any essential permissions and documents about four years ago.

The police said the accused persons first procured forged Indian birth certificates and then used them to obtain Aadhaar and PAN cards.

The accused took up jobs at a private company in Talegaon MIDC. The police said some Rohingya nationals from Myanmar, who too had infiltrated India via Bangladesh, were found to be working in the same company earlier.

The police have started searching for the person allegedly involved in providing jobs to illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants at this company. A court on Thursday remanded the three accused to judicial custody.