Meerut: Special Task Force (STF) of UP Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a Bangladeshi national from city’s Falavada area. The foreign national, Abu Hanaan, was nabbed during a drive against foreigners staying illegally in India. Additional superintendent of police (ASP) Alok Priyadarshi and superintendent of police (SP) Brajesh Kumar are heading the drive.

“Bangladeshi resident Abu Hanaan has been staying in Meerut’s Falavada area for long. He had managed to acquire local residential proof from nagar panchayat, on the basis of which he also got an Indian passport, Aadhaar card, PAN card and voter ID,” Priyadarshi said.

“During questioning, Hanaan told us that he had run away from his house in Bangladesh and entered India illegally several years ago. He worked in different shops in Kolkata, Bihar, Delhi and Ludhiana. In 2006, he married one Shabana – a resident of Falavada. It was with the help of her parents that he got a residential proof, which further helped him in getting an Indian passport, Aadhaar card, PAN card and voter ID," he said.

His wife, Shabana, currently works at a beauty parlour in Saudi Arabia and is set to return soon.

Police said that Hanaan was making efforts to purchase a land and construct a house here. A case has been filed against him under relevant sections of IPC and investigation is going on. He will be deported soon, police said.

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