Bangladeshi carrying fake Aadhaar card held in city airport

Press Trust of India  |  Kolkata 

A Bangladeshi national coming from was arrested in the city airport after security personnel found that he was carrying a fake card, airport sources said today.

Saheb Ahmed, a resident of Brahmanbaria in the neighbouring country, is being interrogated to find out if he has any terror link, the sources said.

Ahmed landed in the here yesterday night and he was supposed to catch a flight for Bengaluru, the sources said.

Security personnel accosted him on suspicion and found that he was carrying a Bangladeshi passport but his visa has expired.

On the fake card, Ahmed told his interrogators that he procured it from Aizawl, the sources said.

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First Published: Sat, May 12 2018. 19:05 IST