Immigration officials at the Kempegowda International Airport nabbed three Bangladeshi nationals who were trying to board a Malaysia-bound flight using valid Indian passports on Thursday.
The accused — Milan Mondal (40), Rasul Sattar Shaikh (24) and Haidar Yunus Ali Malik (28) — were nabbed after they submitted their travel documents for immigration clearance. Immigration official Mahipal Sehrawat grew suspicious of the accused and questioned them in detail.
During interrogation, they confessed that they are Bangladeshi nationals and were residing in India illegally. They told the officials they had obtained the Indian passports using fake documents, which were provided by local touts. They were trying to go to Malaysia for labour work as Indian workers are preferred over Bangladeshi nationals in that country.
The three have been booked under various sections of the Foreigners’ Act and under relevant sections of the Passport Act, and remanded to judicial custody.
Published 16 March 2019, 19:49 IST