West Bengal Police are intensifying efforts to track down the masterminds of a major racket operating out of Nadia&nbsp;district, which borders Bangladesh. These kingpins are allegedly responsible for creating fake Indian identities for Bangladeshi infiltrators.
Officials familiar with the issue said five illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators with forged Indian identity documents were apprehended last week&mdash;one in Kolkata and four in Nadia. Investigators discovered a common link: all their fake Indian documents were generated by racketeers based in Nadia.
In Kolkata, Selim Matabbar, alias Safiq Sardar, was arrested with a fake Indian passport under the name Ravi Sharma. Investigations revealed his prior association with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He had even secured employment at a Park Street hotel in Kolkata using his forged identity. Police arrested him at the hotel on the morning of November 30. Investigators are also looking into the extent of Matabbar&rsquo;s connections in the BNP prior to his entry into India.
The other four illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators have been identified as Sumi Akhtar, Iman Biswas, Shankar Biswas and Rupkumar Biswas.
The discovery that all five detainees obtained their fake documents from Nadia has prompted investigators to review records of similar cases in the district from recent years.&nbsp;

Investigators are looking at similar cases from the past few years

5 Bangladeshi illegals caught with forged Indian papers—all generated in the border district

Is West Bengal’s Nadia a Hub for Fake IDs?

5 Bangladeshi illegals caught with forged Indian papers—all generated in the border district

December 2, 2024 | 15:44 IST