Home restriction order against 5 Bangladesh nationals in Goa

Times of India | 5 hours ago | 20-09-2022 | 09:50 pm

PANAJI: The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Goa has issued a home restriction order to five Bangladesh nationals, who have been staying at Bicholim for the past five years without valid documents. All five persons are involved in the collection of scrap, and have been staying in Goa for almost 10 years, including five years in Valpoi. A senior police officer said that during intelligence gathering, the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of Goa police, including police inspector Vilesh Durbhatkar, suspected that five persons are Bangladesh nationals. After keeping a watch on them for a few days, ATS sleuths approached them. During inquiry, police confirmed that they are from Bangladesh. Police said that they had moved to Goa from Bengaluru. The five persons who are placed under home restriction are M D Anoar Akhon, Hilal Akhon, Hasan Miyn, Noor Jahan Begum and Raja Akhon. ATS has been keeping continuous vigil to identify Bangladesh nationals living in the state. The FRRO officer said that the home restriction will be renewed every month and that Bicholim police will keep an eye on them. In case they are not traceable during the renewal, then a first information report (FIR) will be filed against them. Details such as address in Bangladesh and the address of the local police station in that country will be obtained, and the ministry of external affairs will contact the high commission of Bangladesh to issue the family emergency travel documents as these persons don’t have passports and visas, the officer said. Once that is done, custody of the family will be handed over to the Border Security Force to deport them.

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