Tamil Nadu: Cops nab 8 Bangladeshi nationals in Tirupur

COIMBATORE: Eight Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Tirupur on Tuesday for illegal stay in the country.
According to a senior police officer, based on a tip that a few Bangladeshi nationals were staying in rental rooms near a knitwear firm at Chinnakarunaipalayam, Avinashi police sub-inspector Kathickthangam and team had verified their documents on Tuesday morning.
“The eight were working with the knitwear unit. They had come down to the district some six months ago and joined the unit work by producing fake Aadhaar cards that had addresses from West Bengal. The police team has seized the fake identity cards from them. They did not have any valid passport and visa to stay in India. So, the team has arrested them,” the officer said.
The arrested were identified as Jakir Hussain, 23, Alamin, 29, Litton, 30, Biplop Hussain, 23, Ridoyan, 23, Mochin Hussain, 33, Rana Charprasi, 22 and Balbul Ahamed, 32, natives of Dhaka, Madaripur and Gazipur in Bangladesh.
“They crossed the India border in West Bengal and managed to obtain fake Aadhaar cards from there. Later, they moved to Tirupur district for work. While the textile sector in Bangladesh is famous worldwide, we don’t know why they are working in the garment units in Tirupur under the guise of Indians,” the officer said.
During inquiry, he said, they told us that they had come down to Tirupur as they were struggling to make a living in their home country.
The Avinashi police have registered a case against them under Sections 14A(b) read with 3 (2)(a) and 3 (2)(c) of the Foreigners Act, 1946, and produced before a judicial magistrate court, which remanded them in judicial custody. They were later lodged in the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai.
On September 5, the Tirupur South police had arrested four Bangladeshi nationals for their illegal stay in the city. They were also working in a garment unit and residing in a rental house. Police nabbed them when they came to offer prayers at a mosque near Tirupur old bus stand.
Similarly, five Bangladeshis were arrested near Mangalam in Tirupur district for illegal stay on August 19.