Summary:
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old Rohingya Muslim man who had been illegally living in India since 2001, and was preparing fake identity documents.
Azizul Haq, a native of Myanmar, was arrested in Sant Kabir Nagar district and booked under charges, including cheating, the Foreigners’ Act, and the Passport Act.
The police are trying to track the source of the Rs 8 lakh found in the accused’s bank account.
The money was reportedly deposited by different people, some of them in other countries, and firms.
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old Rohingya Muslim man who had been illegally living in India since 2001, and was preparing fake identity documents.
Azizul Haq, a native of Myanmar, was arrested in Sant Kabir Nagar district and booked under charges, including cheating, the Foreigners’ Act, and the Passport Act.
The police are trying to track the source of the Rs 8 lakh found in the accused’s bank account.
The money was reportedly deposited by different people, some of them in other countries, and firms.
ATS Inspector General GK Goswami said Haq would be produced in court on Thursday.
The police would seek his custody for questioning.
The raid in which Haq was nabbed was carried out after the ATS received information that a few Rohingya Muslims were staying in Uttar Pradesh illegally.