Two Bangladeshi nationals, living in India illegally, arrested from Siliguri

PTI, 25 March, 2023, Siliguri : Two Bangladeshi nationals, who were living in India illegally for the last six months, were arrested in the northern West Bengal city of Siliguri, police said on Saturday. 

Ratan Mondal and Manik Mondal illegally entered India six months ago, and started living on rent in the city’s Haidar Para area, they said. They also managed to get jobs at the Bidhan Market, police said. 

Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted them on Friday night in front of Payal Cinema hall. As they could not produce any valid documents, they were arrested, a police officer said.

Agencies: The duo who are brothers have spent years traveling from state to state in India and have been hiding in West Bengal. They had been hiding for six months in Siliguri and were arrested by the police of Siliguri Police Commissionerate's Bhaktinagar police station on Friday.

The judge turned down their bail plea and remanded them to 14day jail custody after the accused were brought to the Jalpaiguri court on Saturday. However the whole incident has raised serious questions about international border security, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Siliguri Police Commissionerate Suvendra Kumar said.  

The two were hiding in the city for several months How they came to the city and what was their plan is being investigated. According to police sources the two arrested brothers have been identified as Ratan Mondal and Manik Mondal residents of Bangladesh s Dhaka.

The police interrogated the arrested and found out that Manik Mondal entered India in 2007 while Ratan Mondal entered India in 2011. The two brothers entered India illegally through the Indo Assam border in India.

For the past six months the two brothers were hiding in Siliguri. They tried to make Indian identity cards for themselves but so far they have not been able to produce any of those documents.

One of them lived in a rented house in Hyderpara Siliguri and worked in a glass shop in Bidhan Market. But in need of money they also used to work as daily laborers. The duo had recently left work. 

On Friday night they went out in search of work and were seen wandering on Sevoke Road. The police on patrol got suspicious after observing their behavior and detained the two young men and interrogated them. 

After finding inconsistency in their answers they were asked to show their identity cards which they couldn't produce. They also informed the police that their parents are in Maharashtra's Kalyan. They were then arrested"