India News | Bangladeshi Man, Who Worked as Electrician in Bengaluru, Arrested Near Border While Returning Home

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An illegal Bangladeshi immigrant, working as an electrician in Bengaluru, was arrested in Meghalaya when he was returning home, police said on Sunday.

Shillong, May 25 (PTI) An illegal Bangladeshi immigrant, working as an electrician in Bengaluru, was arrested in Meghalaya when he was returning home, police said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, a checkpoint was set up at Sohra in East Khasi Hills district on Saturday evening, and the car, in which he was travelling along with two suspected touts, did not stop even after being signalled to, SP Vivek Syiem told PTI.

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After a chase, the car was intercepted near the Seven Sisters falls viewpoint, he said.

The Bangladesh national was identified as Robiul Islam, 32. He did not have any documents to travel in India, the officer said.

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He admitted to being a resident of Tengra Khali in Pirojpur in Bangladesh, and told police during interrogation that he worked as an electrician in Bengaluru.

He used the route regularly to travel to Bangladesh and come back to India, the SP said.

The driver of the vehicle and his accomplice, both residents of Ichamati Bazaar -- a few kilometre away from the international border, were arrested on charges of helping the illegal immigrant.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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