New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Delhi Police Crime Branch has apprehended a Pakistani national who has been illegally residing in the national capital, officials said on Wednesday.
According to officials, the man was arrested from the Old Delhi area by the Crime Branch on August 15.
Investigators said that the Pakistani national had entered India via the Nepal border and had been working at a restaurant in Delhi.
The accused’s mother was earlier an Indian citizen and a local of the national capital before marrying a man of Pakistani origin. After marriage, she subsequently acquired Pakistani citizenship.
Central agencies, including the Crime Branch, have extensively questioned the apprehended person.
Police said that no terror angle has been found.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch has handed him over to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) and process for deporting the man to Pakistan has been initiated.
In a similar case of foreigners illegally residing in the capital city, the Delhi Police’s Foreigner Cell of the Special Staff (Central District) last week apprehended two Bangladeshi nationals for overstaying beyond the period permitted under their visas during Operation VISTA 1.0.
The operation, launched to verify the visa status of foreign nationals residing in the national capital and to initiate legal action against those violating immigration regulations, involved extensive checks at hotels and guest houses across Central Delhi.
During a verification drive conducted at a hotel on Arakashan Road in the Nabi Karim area, police officials found two Bangladeshi nationals staying at the premises.
Upon examining their travel documents, including passports and visas, officials discovered that both individuals had exceeded the maximum duration of stay permitted under their visa conditions.
According to Delhi Police, the two foreign nationals had entered India on June 23 on double-entry visas. While their passports remained valid until September 3, the visa conditions allowed them to stay in India for only 15 days per visit.
Detailed scrutiny of their documents revealed that both had continued to remain in the country beyond the authorised period, thereby violating visa regulations.
The apprehended individuals were identified as 23-year-old MD Anharul Islam Sourob Khan, a resident of Bangladesh’s Habiganj, and 27-year-old Tarikul Islam Sujan, a resident of Bangladesh’s Cumilla.
–IANS
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