Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)
Kasargod, Dec 14: Police are in a quandary regarding a foreign national who had come to Kasargod two years ago and was arrested in the absence of necessary records. He was sentenced to imprisonment by the court and is now out having completed his term in prison.
Police do not know how to deport Abdul Basheer (32), who was said to be residing in Saudi Arabia. Suspected to be origanally from Pakistan, he is in Kasargod police station for the last four days and police have to inevitably provide food, clothing and other facilities to him. Though the court has ordered for his deportation, it has not been possible due to absence of documents.
Police had taken him into custody in September 2012 when he was found wandering suspiciously. But the police have not obtained clear information about him as he has no records in his possession. He knows Arabic and Urdu languages and seems mentally unsound.
Kasargod CJM court had sentenced him to two years imprisonment and fine. He spent his jail term in Kannur central jail, and as he had no money to pay as fine, he was made to spend another month in prison and was released on December 9, 2015.
Police only have the address stated by Abdul Basheer as 'son of Sayyad Hussain, Makkanakkas, Arhathul Ulam, Saudi Arabia'. Police are trying to find out the address in Saudi Arabia with the help of Indians in Saudi Arabia.
As he appeared to be mentally unsound while in prison, he was treated in a mental hospital for one year from April 24, 2014. Even though the officials contacted Saudi Embassy when the case was in progress at the court, they were not able to obtain any information about him.
Police had decided to accommodate him in an orphanage but the officials there have refused to admit him in the absence of suitable records.
Basheer, during questioning, has given a statement that he was employed in a mosque in Saudi Arabia and was deported to Bangladesh due to his vices. From there he reached Kolkata with migrants. After spending a few years in Hyderabad, he reached Kasargod by train. However police have been unable to establish his nationality.