News Mania Desk / Piyal Chatterjee/ 24th December 2024
Following investigations into the murder at Sangam Vihar, Delhi Police discovered an illegal immigration scam involving Bangladeshi nationals. DCP Ankit Chauhan of the South District reported that five Bangladeshi nationals and six others had been detained on charges of creating bogus papers.
The breakthrough occurred when it was learned that the murder victim, Seton Sheikh, had helped Bangladeshi immigrants create phony Aadhaar cards. Suspicion fell on Sheikh’s colleagues, who confessed that the murder was motivated by money conflicts and personal grudges.During the raid, police found 21 phony Aadhaar cards, six PAN cards, and four voter IDs.
Further investigations showed the participation of Janata Prints, a website run by a guy named Rajat Mishra since 2022. This portal purportedly enabled the production of falsified papers for as little as Rs 20. Munni Devi, who is accused of assisting the conspiracy, was among those detained. Officials revealed that this structured network assists Bangladeshi immigrants in entering India via forest routes by providing them with phony IDs, SIM cards, and cash assistance.
Police teams are also looking into cross-border ties and have sent officers to Bangladesh for additional inquiry. Whether the fake voter cards were utilized in election fraud is still being investigated.
Further questioning of the accused led to the arrest of Sahil Sehgal, 26, who ran a computer centre in Rohini’s Sector 5. It was found that the centre was involved in preparing fake Aadhaar cards and other documents using fake identity proofs.
Sehgal revealed that he was approached by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants through Sentu Seikh, the officer added.
“Sahil used the fake website Jantaprints.site to generate fraudulent birth certificates and sent them to his associate Ranjit for Aadhaar card processing,” the officer said.
Ranjit and Afroz were arrested, and investigations revealed that the Jantaprints.site offered fake documents pertaining to child birth, caste, income and education at nominal prices starting from ₹7, the officer said.
Payments for these documents were made via Paytm QR codes linked to a number registered under Mohammad Chand. Based on technical surveillance, Mohammad Chand, 28, from Uttam Nagar, was arrested from Vikas Nagar, Delhi. He confessed to retaining a 2% commission and transferring the remaining amount to Saddam Hussain.
Saddam Hussain, 33, from Uttam Nagar, was arrested, leading to the discovery that the website was operated by his associate Deepak Mishra. Saddam transferred the payments to Deepak Mishra, retaining a 2% share for himself.
