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- Police in Kannur, Kerala, have arrested five Bangladeshi women working at local spas who lacked valid passports or visas but possessed Indian Aadhaar cards.
- An investigation is underway to determine how these individuals obtained valid Indian identity documents, with police pointing to an established ecosystem in states bordering Bangladesh.
- The authorities plan to conduct further searches and trace the network that helped them enter and secure employment in India.
What to watch next
- Whether the ongoing investigation leads to more arrests of undocumented foreign nationals in Kerala
- Developments in uncovering the cross-border network or ecosystem responsible for issuing fraudulent Aadhaar cards
- The planned deportation process of the arrested individuals in coordination with the relevant consulate or embassy
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B.V. Vijayan Bharath Reddy
District Police Chief
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“We have been trying to find Bangladeshi citizens for quite a long time. This is not something new”
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…Act, 2025. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Reddy said the police had been trying to identify undocumented Bangladeshi nationals in the district for a long time and that the latest arrests were not an isolated development. “ We have been trying to find Bangladeshi citizens for quite a long time. This is not something new ,” he said. The police have conducted inspections at labour camps in the district, but identifying undocumented foreign nationals through routine verification remains difficult because many of them possess Aadhaar…
“There is a proper ecosystem, I feel, in States bordering Bangladesh for obtaining Aadhaar cards and other documents”
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…of the arrested persons had provided investigators with information about the process through which such documents were obtained. “We are very clear about how they obtained Aadhaar cards. They did not get them here. There is a proper ecosystem, I feel, in States bordering Bangladesh for obtaining Aadhaar cards and other documents ,” he said. The arrested foreign nationals reportedly entered the country through West Bengal last year and also stayed in Assam and Bengaluru before reaching Kannur. The police are following up on this information as…
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