Palghar, Jul 31 (PTI) Police have arrested two Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly illegally staying in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Wednesday.
Inspector Saurabhi Pawar of the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police said acting on a tip-off that some Bangladeshi immigrants were residing illegally in the Nilegaon area of Nallasopara town, a team of officials raided the location on July 29 and apprehended the duo.
The duo, Hannan Yasin Sheikh, 18, and Shamim Mandan Sheikh, 19, worked in a shop, Pawar said.
When the police sought documents for their travel and stay in India, they could not produce any valid papers following which they were arrested, said the official.
A case under relevant provisions of the Indian Passport Act and the Foreigners Act has been registered against them at the Nallasopara police station.