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Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Rural police arrested a Pakistan national, his wife and her parents on Sunday evening. Well-placed police sources told DH that the four were found with Indian passports and Aadhar cards and lived in the Jigani area.
Speaking with reporters, Home Minsiter G Parameswara said that as per the preliminary probe, the four entered India somewhere in 2014.
“As per my information, they arrived in Bengaluru a year ago,” Parameshwara said. “Investigation is being held to ascertain why they were in Bengaluru.”
The Home Minister said the four went to an extent where they possessed Indian passports and Aadhar cards and changed their names.
“If indeed they entered India 10 years ago, what were the Central intelligence agencies doing?” he asked. “The Bangladesh-India border is porous and hence it has to be tightened. Steps have to be taken by the Army and the Centre.”
A case has been registered at the Jigani police station.
Last week, NIA, with the help of Bengaluru police, arrested Girish Baruah, alias Gautam Baruah, a suspected member of the proscribed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), from the premises of a private company in Jigani.