Odisha Police on Saturday arrested two persons for allegedly providing shelter to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Jagatsinghpur district.
The arrested persons have been identified as Sikandar Alam alias Siko and his brother Abdul Motalif Khan alias Tiki.
They had been absconding since November 16, when police raided a house built for the illegal immigrants in Berhampur village, under the Jagatsinghpur Sadar police station area.
Sikandar was apprehended from Jajpur, while Abdul was caught in Khurda district, a police officer said.
The duo’s two sisters had previously been arrested for allegedly attacking police personnel during the initial raid.
According to the police, Sikandar had constructed houses on government land specifically to shelter the infiltrators and was instrumental in arranging fraudulent Indian documents for them.
“A number of fake Aadhaar cards and voter identity cards were recovered from the house,” another officer said.
On November17, the house was demolished by the district administration. Around 30 30 Bangladeshi nationals were present at the house during the raid but managed to flee, and police have launched a search to locate them.
A drive is also underway in Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Khurda, Balasore, Puri and Keonjhar districts to detect illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
