A week after two Pakistani intruders from the bordering Kutch district were held, a Bangladeshi woman on Sunday was arrested by the Kutch Police from Bhuj who was staying illegally in Gujarat for the past 15 years.
Runa Harun Sheikh, according to police, was staying in Nadiad and had gone to Bhuj to meet her relatives. Unable to locate the address when Sheikh asked an NGO volunteer for help, he found her suspicious and informed police.
“During investigation, the lady confessed that she is in Gujarat since the past 15 years. We are trying to know about her relatives and other such illegal Bangladeshis in the State,” said police officer KG Desai.
The Pakistani national who was arrested last week hails from Mahmadpura village of Muzzaffarnagar district in Pakistan. The intruder is dumb and is communicating with the police by writing in Urdu.
In another such incident, one Pakistani was nabbed by BSF on July 20 near Vigho Kot area of Kutch district, falling near the international boundary. The intruder nabbed by BSF jawans four days ago was identified as Hammid Gul Hassan. The 40-year-old Pakistani national was also found mentally unstable and currently he is under the supervision of Kutch police as after questioning him BSf gave his custody to police.
“There are large numbers of Bangladeshis and Pakistianis settled in the Chandola areas of Ahmedabad. Many of them are living illegally. The Gujarat Police needs to initiate combing operation to send all these illegal migrants to their countries of origin,” claimed an office-bearer of a social NGO active in Ahmedabad.