MUMBAI: Holding that passports and voter identity cards are sufficient proof of

, a magistrate

has acquitted a father and son accused of illegally entering the country from Bangladesh.

Mohamed Mulla, 57, and Saiful, 23, were arrested in 2017 after the police received a tip-off about “Bangladeshi infiltrators” living at Shivaji Nagar in Govandi. The cops claimed they spoke in a language native to Bangladesh and could not produce sufficient documents to prove that they were

Indian

citizens.

But the duo presented Indian passports and

cards in court. “To my mind, the

is a document sufficient to prove the nationality of accused No. 2 (Saiful). Similarly, the voter card or the election card used to be issued in favour of the voter on the declaration that he is

of India. The document is sufficient to prove the nationality of accused Mohamed,” said the court.