Bangladeshi man held with fake documents in Noida
Noida: A Bangladeshi national living illegally in Noida was arrested with multiple forged documents, including Aadhaar cards, a passport, and a driving licence. Police said the man was also attempting to bring his sister into the country using fake paperwork.
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The suspect, Asif Sheikh, from southeastern Bangladesh's Noakhali district, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday near Bakhtawarpur village in Sector 127 during a routine police patrol. Acting on a tip-off from an informer, who reported a person speaking a foreign language, police intercepted Sheikh, who initially tried to flee.
Additional DCP Sumit Shukla said Sheikh was found carrying two mobile phones, two Aadhaar cards — one with an address in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram and another for Pune — a passport with a West Bengal address issued in Pune, a driving licence, and a Bangladeshi birth certificate belonging to his sister, Asma.
"Sheikh told us he had been living in India illegally for some time and was planning to bring his sister from Bangladesh using forged documents.
He had contacted her multiple times using the IMO app, which he believed wouldn't be detected," Shukla said.
Sheikh told cops that after crossing over, he went to Pune, where he obtained Indian identity documents, and moved to Ghaziabad in 2015. He was currently residing in a PG accommodation in Bakhtawarpur village. His elder brother, Mohammad Alam Sheikh, had been arrested in 2018 from Indirapuram under similar charges.The accused faces charges under BNS sections 336(3) and 340(2) for forgery, and Section 14A of the Foreigners Act.
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