27 Bangladeshi nationals arrested for illegal stay in Ernakulam

Acting on specific information about Bangladeshi nationals residing in North Paravur, the Ernakulam rural police and the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in a joint operation conducted a search on Thursday night, an official said.

“As part of the operation, we took 54 people into custody from a house that was being used as a lodge in the North Paravur area based on a tip. At the end of detailed questioning, we were able to conclude that 27 of them are actually Bangladeshi nationals illegally staying in the country,” Ernakulam Rural superintendent of police Vaibhav Saxena said.

“Two of them had Bangladeshi passports and others had birth certificates stating that they were born there. Further verification of the documents is going on,” he said.