Indian police arrest Bangladeshi illegally living in Bengaluru
Police in India on Friday caught a 43-year-old Bangladeshi who had been living illegally in Bengaluru.
Based on a tip-off, a team of police rounded up Alameen on the suspicion that he was peddling drugs, but instead, they recovered mobile phones with several contact numbers registered in Bangladesh and an Aadhaar card, reports the Hindu.
Upon questioning, Alameen said that he is from Barishal division and had crossed the border illegally with his family 10 years ago and settled in Delhi before moving to Bengaluru, the police said.
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He was living in a migrant colony at Kadugodi with his family and working under a BBMP contractor for the last eight years and even got an Aadhaar card done, police further said.
Police said he has been booked under India's Foreigners Act and the Passports Act and that they are investigating to ascertain the source of the Aadhaar card.
