Five Bangladeshi Nationals Arrested for Illegal Residency in Rajasthan

Ajmer, November 13 (Daily Kiran) : Ajmer police have arrested five members of a Bangladeshi family during their 28th operation targeting illegal foreign residents in the region. The family, which includes a 63-year-old man, his 55-year-old wife, and their three children, was taken into custody in the Ajmer Dargah area.

Following this operation, the total number of Bangladeshi nationals apprehended in Ajmer has reached 66. The arrests were made by a joint team from the district police and the CID Ajmer zone, utilizing intelligence information, tips from informants, and technical surveillance to identify the family.

This operation was conducted under the direction of Rajasthan’s Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Kumar Sharma and Inspector General (IG) Ravi of the Ajmer range. The initiative was overseen by Ajmer Superintendent of Police (SP) Harshvardhan Agarwal, with guidance from Additional SP Himanshu Jangid and leadership from Dargah Circle Officer Harshit Sharma.

The special team conducted searches in various locations within the Dargah area, including Dargah Market, Jallian Cemetery, Anderkot, New Road, Taragarh Hill, Silawat Mohalla, Bade Peer Ka Chilla, Langar Khana Gali, Chashma-e-Noor, Tripolia Gate, Sohle Khamba, Jhalra, and Lakhan Kothari.

During the operation, the team identified 63-year-old Majid Ali, a resident of Mohammadpur, Dhaka, in Bangladesh. He was accompanied by his wife, Farzan Khan, also a Bangladeshi national, along with their two sons and a daughter. The family was brought to the Dargah police station for questioning on Friday, November 13.

In initial inquiries, Majid Ali revealed that he married Farzan Khan in 2006. The couple reportedly entered India illegally in 2007 via the Hilsa border in West Bengal. They traveled by train to Delhi, where they lived for nearly two years before settling in the Ajmer Dargah Sharif area around 2009-10.

Police confirmed that Majid Ali acknowledged his Bangladeshi nationality and his illegal entry into India. Further questioning is underway to verify the identities and nationalities of all family members and to confirm additional details.