Breaking the Bangladeshi infiltration network: Meghalaya Police dismantle a banking and forgery ring.

 In a breakthrough investigation led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ashu Pant, the Meghalaya Police has uncovered a major criminal network facilitating the illegal entry, identity forgery, and banking fraud by Bangladeshi nationals operating across India.

The operation began on February 14, 2025, when Meghalaya Police received credible inputs about a group of suspected Bangladeshi nationals traveling from Guwahati to Shillong.

Acting swiftly, a checkpoint was set up in Nongpoh where five suspicious passengers — four adults and a child — were intercepted and detained.

Despite initially presenting Aadhaar and PAN cards, rigorous interrogation revealed the group’s true identities as Bangladeshi nationals who had illegally entered India two months prior with the help of an elaborate smuggling network.

They had traveled as far as Mumbai seeking work and were en route Bangladesh.

The accused confessed to obtaining Indian identity documents — including Aadhaar and PAN cards — through Shaikh Mohd Mujib, based in Mumbai’s Sewri area.

Mujib is alleged to be a key facilitator, arranging forged documents using fake address proofs and enlisting middlemen to move illegal immigrants through border towns to metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and beyond.

Further investigation unearthed a criminal racket in Mumbai involving Nusrat A. Kazi and Jabir Yunus Shaikh, who exploited the fake identities to open bank accounts in the immigrants’ names.

These accounts were then allegedly used for loan frauds and cybercrimes, including being sold to cybercriminals for financial scams.

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