4 Bangladeshis Held for Visa Violation

 The Delhi Police has detained four Bangladesh nationals for allegedly overstaying in India, taking the total number of foreigners detained under the ongoing visa verification drive this month to 35.

Of the 35 Bangladesh nationals detained during the month, 31 have been deported, while deportation proceedings have been initiated against the four fresh detainees, police said on Friday.

The four - identified as Joherul Islam (41), Kazi Md Nayeemur Rahman (25), Md Muhit Uddin (34) and Mahim (21) - were apprehended during a special visa status verification drive "Operation VISTA 1.0", aimed at identifying foreign nationals have violated visa conditions and are staying in Delhi.

The police team conducted checks at hotels and guest houses in the Nabi Karim area central Delhi's Paharganj and found a Bangladesh national at a hotel on Arakashan Road and three others at a hotel in Ram Nagar. Their passports, visas and other travel documents were checked. Police found that all four had entered India on double-entry visas that permitted a maximum stay of 15 days per visit.

They had, however, overstayed in India beyond the permissible period, thereby violating the conditions of their respective visas, officials said.

The four were subsequently produced before the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), which issued restriction orders directing that they be lodged at the detention centre in Sarai Rohilla. They have been lodged in the detention centre and deportation proceedings have been initiated, police added.