On Saturday, a Local Court in Bhagalpur sentenced an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh to three-year jail term for living in India without a valid passport & visa & involving in other illegal activities, including drug peddling.
The illegal immigrant, identified as Shahadat Hussain alias Payal Kumari, used to impersonate as transgender & dance in bars, nightclubs & shady hotels in New Delhi & other places. He is also accused of procuring Indian Aadhaar card through an agent in New Delhi & a cellphone number for carrying out illegal activities.
The special public prosecutor of the Court Shridhar Kumar Singh said that “Additional district judge (ADJ)-11 of Bhagalpur district court Atulvir Singh found Shahadat guilty under Section 14 of The Foreigners Act of 1946, Section 414 of Indian Penal Code & Section 21(a) of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985 & awarded three-year jail term to him".
According to sources, Shahadat, a resident of Sonia-Ekra village under the Jamunabari police station area in Dhaka (Bangladesh), had entered India through porous international border of Bangladesh & Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal. He later migrated to Delhi along with others & started living there on fake identity under the garb of a transgender.
Shahadat had also procured Indian Aadhaar card & indulged in smuggling of drugs. He also used to supply psychotropic drugs, including smack, to the conduits in Delhi.
The Bhagalpur GRP personnel had arrested Shahadat on Nov 24, 2018, while he was on way to Malda by Brahmaputra Mail. Sources said Shahadat had first tried to convince the GRP personnel that he is a transgender & a valid citizen of India by showing them his Aadhaar card. However, he was taken into custody on suspicion & sent for medical examination, following which he was declared male. Subsequently, Shahadat spilled the beans after thorough cross-examination by the teams of GRP, local police & intelligence personnel.
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