Bangladeshi held with 2 passports, 2 election ID cards

Many Indians would not have a single passport issued to them. City cops' special unit has nabbed an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh who had two authenticated Indian passports. More bizarre is that he also had visited his native country with an Indian passport and visa. Surprisingly, he also had two election ID cards.

Special branch's (SB) anti-terrorist cell (ATC), during its crackdown on illegal Bangladeshis, has rounded up three adults and five minors on Wednesday from Brahmmadeep Nagar. The action was taken under the supervision of city police chief Ankush Dhanvijay. The case would be handed over to the crime branch.

This is a case that may leave the external affairs ministry to sit down and take stock. It was shocking how Mohammed Kalam, now cooling his heels in the Special Branch, was able to get two passports issued for himself. One passport was issued in Jaipur in mid-90s, while the other from Nagpur in 1998.

Kalam also had two original voter ID cards, a ration card and Nagpur Municipal Corporation's clearance on the place where he was having a Chinese snacks stall.

Apart from Kalam (48), his wife Saheba Begum (30) and minor brother-in-law have been taken into custody. Ranibegum (20), wife of Kalam's adopted son Sadique, has also been rounded up. Kalam and Saheba's three sons _ Sohail (6), Salman (3) and one-year-old Billal -- too have been rounded up. Rani and Sadique's one-year-old son Saddam was also taken to the special branch.

The team led by assistant commissioner of police Anil Bobade and sub-inspector Manoj Kalbande swooped down on Kalam's family. The ATC team comprised of head constable Rajesh Thakur, Vinod Solav, and Datta Bagul.

Police said Kalam had entered India and reached Ajmer via Kolkata in 1990. He married a local girl Shehnaz in Ajmer and procured a voter's I-card. Kalam made his first passport in 1995 from Jaipur. Kalam abandoned Shehnaz and went to Bangladesh where he married Saheba in early 2000. In 2002, Kalam returned to India with Saheba and his elder brother's daughter Rani. Kalam initially settled at Bhaldarpura and stayed there for eight years.

In this period, Kalam once again procured another voter ID card and a ration card. He also included Saheba's name in the ration card. Later, he got for himself the second passport from Nagpur. Kalam also got Rani married to his adopted son Shabbir who is at present in Bihar. Kalam's three sons were born at Daga hospital where Saddam, son of Rani and Shabbir, were born too. The rounded-up persons have been booked under the Foreigners' Act, 1946, The Passport (entry into India) Rules, 1950 and Foreigners' Order, 1948.