Dehradun police have arrested a Bangladeshi national identified as Alok Mukherjee who was allegedly living illegally in Sahaspur area on Sunday. Despite expiry of his visa, he had continued to live in Dehradun. According to the police, he was also found to have a forged Aadhaar card and other documents in his possession.
The police recovered a Bangladeshi passport, forged Indian documents including Aadhaar card and two mobile phones from his possession. Police have also arrested a person named Mukul Majumdar, a native of West Bengal who had allegedly given shelter to the Bangladeshi national at his residence located at Bhagwanpur in Sahaspur. Police arrested Mukherjee after lodging an FIR under section 14 of the Foreigners Act and sections 420/467/468/471/120b of IPC in Sahaspur police station. On the direction of Dehradun senior superintendent of police Nivedita Kukreti, along with local intelligence unit, the Sahaspur police have started a verification drive in view of upcoming civic body election.
During this drive, the police found the Bangladeshi national living in Bhagwanpur area illegal after expiry of visa. In course of investigation it has been revealed that he had reached India on Bangladeshi visa for 90 days on October 17, 2017.
Dr Mukul Majumdar had brought Mukherjee to Bhagwanpur and was sheltering him at his residence. He was working as a compounder at his clinic. This case is going to be probed further and then conclusion will come out.
He also allegedly aided him in securing a forged Aadhaar card and other Indian documents. lIU and local police were continuing with the interrogation till the time of this report being filed.