Nine Bangladeshis held for illegal residence in Mumbai

Nine individuals from Bangladesh have been held on Wednesday in Mumbai on suspicion of residing in the country without valid documentation.

According to the Mumbai Crime Branch, these individuals were engaged in facilitating illegal cross-border money transfers, and they were involved in the production of fake residence cards, The Times of India reports.

Earlier in December, the Crime Branch arrested a man and a woman who were part of an illicit cross-border money transfer network, according to officials, as per bdnews24.com reports.

A subsequent investigation into the matter led to the identification and arrest of two more Bangladeshis residing in Sewri. Based on the information provided by these detainees during interrogation, law enforcement officials apprehended five more Bangladeshi nationals in the same neighbourhood.

Following a thorough inquiry into the issue, two additional individuals from Bangladesh living in Sewri were identified and apprehended. Subsequently, law enforcement officials detained five more Bangladeshi nationals in the vicinity, relying on the details disclosed by these individuals during interrogation.

Police disclosed that the individuals taken into custody supposedly employed counterfeit documents to acquire Aadhar cards, which are distributed to Indian residents.