COIMBATORE: Inspector general of police of west zone R Sudhakar has formed two special teams to nab Bangladeshi nationals who are staying illegally in Tirupur and Erode districts.
Most of the Bangladeshi nationals have obtained Aadhaar cards to work for garment industries in these two districts, Sudhakar said. “So, their employers can’t find their real identity. We are trying to identify the people who generated Aadhaar cards for them. Special police teams are working to trace more
illegal immigrants
.”
While the Tirupur rural police registered three cases and arrested 20 such people till September 24 this year, the Erode rural police arrested 11 people. The Tirupur rural police arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals including two minor boys on September 20 for illegal stay. The Perumanallur police arrested L Mohamadul Hassan, 21, M Abul Khair, 25, H Badsha, 20, A Ariful Islam, 23, Ali Hosen Malik, 28, S Alamin, 18 and a minor boy. They were booked under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and lodged in the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai.
Bangladeshi nationals enter India through West Bengal, the officer said. “From there, they travel to Tirupur to work for garment units that offer them good salary unlike garment industries in their country. We are trying to identify the agents who bring them to Tirupur. We can nab all illegal immigrants with the help of agents.”
“Some of the Bangladeshi nationals have Aadhaar cards with West Bengal address, which makes it difficult to find their real identity. However, special teams arrested 31 Bangladeshis from Tirupur and Erode district in the last three months,” Sudhakar added.
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