ED arrests one more person in Bangladeshi infiltration case

New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): One more person has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday in a Bangladeshi Infiltration case for facilitating illegal infiltration and human trafficking in India.
In a post on X, the ED said that the person has been identified as Pinki Basu Mukherjee.
Earlier, the ED arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian from Kolkata in connection with the Bangladeshi infiltration case.
"ED, Ranchi has arrested two Bangladeshi nationals namely Rony Mondal and Sameer Chowdhary and two Indian nationals Pintu Haldar on November 12 and Pinki Basu Mukherjee on November 13 in a Bangladeshi Infiltration case for facilitating illegal infiltration and human trafficking in India," the investigation agency posted on X.
The move comes after the agency conducted raids at 17 locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal on Tuesday in a money laundering linked to Bangladeshi infiltration case which is based on a First Information Report (FIR) dated June 4 this year.
"They all have been arrested in Kolkata and ED is taking transit remand to bring all of them to Ranchi, Jharkhand. These arrests were made by ED after extensive searches conducted at 17 locations under PMLA, in 2002, in Jharkhand and West Bengal," it said.
"During the search operations, various incriminating items including fake Aadhaars, forged passports, illegal arms, immovable property documents, cash, jewellery, printing papers, printing machines, and blank proformas used for forging Aadhaar have been recovered," the investigation agency added.
The case was lodged by Bariyatu Police Station in Jharkhand's Ranchi district under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 12 of Passports Act 1967; and Section 14-A of Foreigners Act, 1946.
As per the FIR, one Nipah Akhtar Khushi aged about 21 years hailing from Bangladesh was brought to Kolkata by a girl named Manisha Ra with the help of another girl named Jhuma on the midnight of May 31, 2024, by illegally crossing Bangladesh border from the jungle area, in connivance with private agents.
Further, the case relates to illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi citizens into India with the help of agents who are providing them fake documents establishing Indian Citizenship.
"Several persons are involved ni iliegal activities relating to illegal infiltration, making fake Identity proofs which are criminal activities linked to proceeds of crime as per the definition provided under section 2 (1)(u) of the PMLA, 2002. It is thus, necessary to cause investigation relating to illegal infiltration of such persons from Bangladesh into India and the agents who are facilitating such activities which are aimed to acquire "Proceeds of Crime" and commit other criminal activities and hence, it is necessary to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002," said the ED. (ANI)