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Bengaluru: Police arrest 4 foreign nationals living illegally in India with fake passports

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Bengaluru : Four foreign nationals who had been living in India illegally were taken into custody by Bengaluru police from the Jigani area of rural Bengaluru.

According to Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara, the foreign nationals had been residing in the country for the past 10 years and had come to Bengaluru a year ago.

The State Home Minister

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The State Home Minister further questioned the intelligence agency for not getting any information about them. He further stated that they also possessed fake Indian passports.

Home Minister Parameshwara

As per the information

"As per the information I got, they have been in India for the last ten years; they came to Bengaluru a year ago. I don't know definite information about their stay from 10 years; if they have been here for 10 years, why did the intelligence agency not get the information? They went ahead with making fake passports, which will be done through a thorough inspection," Parameshwara said.

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Investigation Of Why

He stated police had started their investigation of why they came here.

Speaking on this matter, Bengaluru Rural SP CK Baba said that a case had been registered and an investigation was underway.(with Agency inputs) 
 

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