Illegal Immigration Ring Busted: Police Arrest 16 in Major Operation

New Delhi’s police have taken down a sneaky illegal immigration network. They arrested eight people from Bangladesh and eight Indians helping them stay in South Delhi without permission. An official said six other immigrants were sent back home, and four more are being looked at.

In their investigation, police found a scam that was making fake identity documents and also discovered a money-laundering operation sending money back to Bangladesh using a mobile app. Some of the immigrants had even put their kids in local schools.

The network helped Bangladeshi migrants sneak into India. They gave them places to stay, jobs, and fake ID cards like Aadhaar and voter IDs. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ankita Chauhan, said that one of those arrested, Md Alamgir, came to India in 2007, married an Indian woman, and has two kids aged 13 and 9. His brother, Md Jewel Islam, arrived in 2021 and worked in the same scrap business.

Another person arrested, Md Rejaul, had been living in India since 2000 and had even managed to get an Indian passport. He used that to travel back and forth, moving money and other goods. Police also found Kamruzzaman, who came to India in 2014 and was delivering food while using fake IDs.

Others, like Mohammad Nadeem Sheikh, worked as a cleaner in Delhi, and Md Latif Khan, who has lived in India since 2015, worked as a ragpicker and often sent money back to Bangladesh.

The police caught several Indian nationals who helped the immigrants, with Md Moinuddin being a key player. He ran a computer shop in Delhi, making fake birth certificates and IDs. Then, three Aadhaar agents, Zulfiqar Ansari, Javed, and Farman Khan, helped these illegal immigrants enter the government system.

The police also found out that two forex agents, Manwar Hussain and Nimai Karmakar, were managing the money transfer to Bangladesh using secret ways. Hussain collected money from migrants and sent it through a hidden system, while Karmakar handled the currency exchanges.

In their raid, the police seized many forged documents, including 23 voter ID cards, 19 PAN cards, 17 Aadhaar cards, and more. A case has been filed against them for forgery and illegal immigration. The investigation is still going on.