With the arrest of six illegal Bangladeshis, and their five Indian accomplices, the Delhi Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a gang facilitating the unlawful entry of immigrants into India.
The gang was operated by Chand Miya (55), who reportedly entered India at the age of four in 1974, DCP (South East) Ravi Kumar said.
Besides Chand Miya, who was arrested from Chennai, the other Bangladeshi nationals who have been arrested are Aslam (25), Mohd Ali Hussain (28), Mohd Mizan (25), Radish Molla (24) and Fatima Afross (32). They all were arrested from parts of Delhi, said police.
Kumar identified the five arrested Indian accomplices as Mohd Anis (41), Ranjan Kumar Yadav (32), Rahisuddin Ali (37), Shabbir (28), and Lokman Ali (35), who were arrested from different parts of Delhi-NCR. They allegedly prepared fake Aadhaar cards, and birth and caste certificates, among other documents.
He added that 33 more illegal immigrants have been identided in Chennai, from where Chand was running his operations, adding that two FIRs have been registered there by the local police.
The racket came to light on March 12, when Aslam, who entered India just three days ago, was arrested from Taimoor Nagar in Delhi. His questioning led to the arrest of Chand Miya, who had facilitated his entry to India.
Chand Miya, police said, resided in Semmapuri and then at Taimoor Nagar, before moving to Chennai about 10 years ago. “For the past 10-12 years, he has been involved in illegal trafficking of Bangladeshi nationals into India… He used to charge Rs 20,000-25,000 to facilitate the illegal entries, primarily through West Bengal and Meghalaya,” the DCP said.
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Chand’s questioning led to the arrest of the four other Bangladeshi nationals, whom he had helped enter India. “While Hussain and Fatima came to India in 2024, Mizan came in 2011 and Radish in 2022,” Kumar said.
He said Lokman Ali used to receive Bangladeshi immigrants brought across the border by Chand Miya and facilitated their transportation to the Guwahati railway station in Assam. From Guwahati, the gang used to facilitate the illegal immigrants’ travel by train to Delhi where they were sheltered and helped in securing jobs using falsified credentials. Many of them took up daily wage jobs, ragpicking, and scrap collection, the officer added.
“Anis has been running a shop called Shaida Communication (a cyber cafe) in Taimoor Nagar since 2012. He used to arrange fake documents for the illegal immigrants. Ranjan, who was a former Aadhaar enrolment operator, would then use these documents to make Aadhaar cards,” the DCP said.
While Rahisuddin Ali ran a document service centre, Shabbir also provided logistical support and helped in document fabrication, police said.