Bangladeshi national held for illegal stay

Coimbatore: A Bangladeshi national has been arrested for staying in Tirupur illegally. A police officer said 28-year-old F Mohammad Sohel Rana, of Silati village in Noakhali district in Bangladesh, had been working as a tailor with a banian company in Tirupur for the past two years.
According to a police officer, Rana, who was riding a bike, tried to flee on seeing a police team that was conducting a vehicle check near a petrol bunk at Pandian Nagar in Tirupur city on Friday morning. The team, however, caught him after a brief chase.
Preliminary inquiry revealed Rana was staying in Tirupur city without any valid passport, visa and other documents. Police registered a first information report against him under Section 3 (2) (C) read with 14 of the Foreigners Act and arrested him.