Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Oct 13: Mohammed Manik, a Bangladeshi citizen, who was arrested at Mangaluru International Airport while attempting to fly to Dubai, has been remanded to police custody for one week.
A case has been registered against Manik at the Bajpe police station. He was produced in court and taken into custody for further interrogation.
Manik presented an Indian passport and other documents at counter number 6 of the immigration section at Mangaluru International Airport. The immigration officer, who grew suspicious, discovered during the inquiry that Manik is a citizen of Bangladesh.
Manik, a resident of Manikchowk in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh, holds a Bangladeshi national identity card with the number 601. He reportedly entered India in 2017 via the Lalgola Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district. It is learned that he traveled through Sialdah-Howrah-Chennai-Moodbidri, eventually reaching Udupi. During interrogation, Manik confessed that he obtained the Indian passport with the help of a person named Parvez, a resident of Udupi.