01-05-2025
Sahibganj detainees released by Mumbai cops: Local mukhiya
Dumka: All the 13 hawkers from Sahibganj district, who were detained by
Mumbai police
earlier this week on suspicions of being
Bangladeshi nationals
carrying
fake Aadhaar cards
, were released on Monday, the mukhiya of their village said.
Nafisa Khatun, the mukhiya of Dakshin Palasi panchayat under Radhanagar police station limits in Udhwa block, said, "Nine of the hawkers, who are natives of the panchayat, were released along with four others by Mumbai police after their documents were found satisfactory."
Khatun, along with the local booth level officer, on Tuesday claimed that she knew nine of the detained hawkers. The remaining four were also residents of neighbouring Panchayats, she claimed.
"Besides approaching the local administration, we had forwarded all the documents of the hawkers, which proved that they were genuine residents of the panchayat, to Mumbai Police," she told TOI. The BLO also confirmed that the detained persons were enrolled in the local electoral rolls. "Mumbai Police must have been convinced with the credentials of the hawkers, which included declaration of the panchayat representatives and local electoral roll which is why they were released," Udhwa block development officer Jayant Kumar Tiwari said. "They migrate to Mumbai every year to sell mangoes and will stay there," Kumar said.
