For the first time, a Rohingya migrant was convicted by a magistrate's court in Hyderabad court for illegally acquiring an Aadhaar card.

Mohammad Taher, alias Abu Taher, was sentenced to two years imprisonment while his Indian accomplice B Hemanth was sentenced to one year in jail plus a fine.Taher was arrested in 2016 by the Rachakonda police under various sections of the Foreigners Act.

Taher, a native of Myanmar had migrated to Bangladesh and then illegally entered India.

After moving to Kolkata and then to Delhi, Taher later settled in the Kukatpally area of Hyderabad in 2015.

The Myanmar national managed to obtain a driving license during his stay in Kolkata. He married a 23-year-old local girl in Hyderabad in 2016. While working as a labourer in Hyderabad, he met Hemanth, a native of Andhra Pradesh. Hemanth is said to have helped Taher get an Aadhaar card by submitting false ID proofs.

Speaking to India Today, Mahesh Bhagavat, Rachakonda police commissioner appreciated the efforts of his team and said that the 19 criminal cases have been registered against Rohingya, including cheating, impersonation and human trafficking among others.

So far the police have arrested 31 in these cases. A total of 3,626 Rohingya are enumerated in Rachakonda limits, according to Bhagavat.

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