New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) A 47-year-old Bangladeshi national, who has allegedly been staying in India illegally for the last five years, was apprehended from Delhi's Shahdara, an official said on Friday.

Shah Ali, a resident of Purvashipa Baroi Khali village in Bangladesh, has been running a tea stall at D-Block in the Seemapuri area of Shahdara, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said.

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Ali was taken to the Foreigners' Regional Registration Office (FRRO) office in R K Puram for legal formalities, the DCP said.

He said the man has admitted that he entered India illegally five years ago.

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"He was previously deported by the Bangladeshi Cell, but re-entered in 2018," Gautam said.

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