Bangladeshi woman arrested in Kannur for alleged illegal stay

The Kannur Town police have arrested a 29-year-old Bangladeshi woman who has been allegedly staying and working in Kannur without valid travel documents and using an “illegally obtained” Aadhaar card.

The arrested person is Salina Akter of Faridpur, Bangladesh. Acting on confidential information received by the intelligence wing that a foreign national without valid documents was working at a spa near the Kannur railway station, a police team led by Town sub-inspector T.K. Akhil conducted a search at the establishment on Monday afternoon (September 14).

According to the police, Ms. Akter was unable to produce a passport, visa, or other valid documents authorising her to stay in India. She reportedly told the police that her identification documents were stored on her mobile phone.