Pak nat'l held with fake docus
Lucknow: In a joint operation by the local intelligence unit (LIU) and Kushinagar police, a Pakistani national who had been living illegally in India for several decades on forged documents was arrested along with his two accomplices.
According to reports, Serajul Haq entered India in 1957 from then-East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) with his mother on a long-term visa (LTV) and later settled in Gaglwa Chainpatti village in Pattherwa police station limits. He married an Indian woman and had three children.
"Using fake Indian IDs, Haq managed to renew his LTV visa annually until 2023. After his last visa expired, he failed to respond to LIU notices for re-verification. Officials confirmed he assumed a false Indian identity," said SP Santosh Mishra of Kushinagar.
Two others — Chand Akhtar, who aided him locally, and Shabbir Azam, a CHC operator — were also arrested. The trio has been booked under various sections of the Citizenship Act, BNS, and Foreigners Act, 1946.
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