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Thane: Three Bangladeshi women living illegally in India have been arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, Ulhasnagar Police on Tuesday raided a locality in Kolegaon and arrested them, said an official.
The women could not produce valid visas, he said.
They were identified as Rozina Begum Sukur Ali (29), Tanzila Khatun Razzak Shaikh (22), and Shefali Begum Munirul Shaikh (23).
The women worked as domestic help and did other similar jobs to support themselves, the official said.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered under the Passports Act and the Passport (Entry into India) Act at Manpada police station in Dombivli, and further probe was on, he said.