A Bangladeshi couple were intercepted by the police from Guskara area in East Burdwan today.

The couple, Dulal Shil and Swapna Shil, as per police records, were residing at a rented accommodation in Netaji Pally in Guskara town. They had appealed for a passport using forged documents, which was revealed during verification. They were arrested today. They had sneaked in through the porous stretch of the border with the help of some touts.

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An illegal immigrant in India is a foreigner, who enters India without valid documents and is subject to The Foreigners Act, 1946.

On 8 August, 2021, an infiltrator Osman Ali of Jhoraidaha district in Bangladesh was arrested by the police from Bhatar in East Burdwan. Also, on 29 December, 2021, a 29-year-old Ajit Biswas of Bangladesh was picked up from Eora village in Bhatar.