Eight Bangladeshis were arrested at Tirupur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday on charges of illegal stay in the country.
The arrested were identified as Jakir Hussain, 23, Alamin, 29, Liton, 30, Biplop Hussain, 23, Ridwan, 23, Mochin Hussain, 33, Rana Charprasi, 22, and Bulbul Ahamed, 32, residents of Dhaka, Madaripur, and Gazipur.
Acting on a tip-off that a few Bangladesh nationals were staying in rental rooms near a knitwear firm at Chinnakarunaipalayam, a team of Avinashi police station, led by Sub-Inspector Kathickthangam, verified their documents on Tuesday morning, a senior police officer said, reports The Times of India.
“The eight were working with the knitwear unit. They had come down to the district some six months ago and joined the unit work by producing fake Aadhaar cards that had addresses from West Bengal.
“The police team has seized the fake identity cards from them. They did not have any valid passport and visa to stay in India. So, the team has arrested them,” the officer said.
The Avinashi police have started a case against them under Sections 14A(b) read with 3 (2)(a) and 3 (2)(c) of the Foreigners Act, 1946, and produced before a judicial magistrate court, which remanded them in judicial custody.
They were later lodged in the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai.
The police official said, “They (the eight Bangladeshis) crossed the India border in West Bengal and managed to obtain fake Aadhaar cards from there. Later, they moved to Tirupur district for work.
“While the textile sector in Bangladesh is famous worldwide, we don’t know why they are working in the garment units in Tirupur under the guise of Indians.”
During inquiry, the Bangladeshis told police that they had come down to Tirupur as they were struggling to make a living in their home country, he added.
Earlier on September 5, the Tirupur South police arrested four Bangladesh nationals for their illegal stay in the city. They were also working in a garment unit and residing in a rental house.
Police apprehended them when they came to offer prayers at a mosque near Tirupur old bus stand.
On August 19, five Bangladeshis were arrested near Mangalam in Tirupur district for illegal stay.
