A Rohingya living in Aligarh with the help of forged documents has been arrested by the team of ATS Lucknow. He had been living as an officiating priest in a mosque in Bhujpura area of the city for nearly seven years and had come to live on rent in Johrabagh area of Civil Lines only two months ago. After his arrest, the ATS has now taken him on remand on the orders of the Lucknow court. Now he is being questioned about his contacts and family. It is to be noted that even before this, Rohingyas living on fake forms have been caught from the city.
On the basis of confidential information, the ATS Lucknow unit, which is engaged in surveillance of Rohingyas who have come to India illegally crossing the Bangladesh border, raided here. A person named Khaleq Ahmed, who was living on rent in a house in Johra Bagh area of Civil Lines of the city, was arrested. According to the information, Khaliq Ahmed is originally a resident of Wali Bazar town located in Mangadu police station area of Akyab district of Myanmar. He came to India in the year 2015 and was living in Aligarh by getting Indian identity card made with the help of fake forms. He has got the Indian Identity card made. He was working as an officiating priest in a mosque in Bhujpura Colony here.
It also came to the notice that earlier he had also taught in the madrasas of Deoband and Muzaffarnagar. On this information, the team laid siege there. During this siege, news was received that he was returning from Jammu to Aligarh and was arrested as soon as he came to Aligarh. After this, the team took him directly to Lucknow, where a case has been registered against him under sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 in addition to 14 Foreigners Act in ATS police station Lucknow.
Here, the ATS applied for remand against Khaleq, on which he was granted 10-day police custody remand. Now ATS will inform him about getting admission in India, preparing fake forms and family etc. At the same time, in the interrogation till now, it has come to know that Khaleq till now lived in a room near the mosque in Bhujpura itself. But now he started living on rent in a house in Johra Bagh Civil Lines. He had rented this room only two months back.