KOLKATA: The West Bengal Police, on Wednesday, arrested a Bangladeshi national from Canning in South 24 Parganas district, who had been living in the country for the last 16 years, police said.
The police have said that the person, who had been identified as Akbar Ali Mollah, had voter identity cards from both Bangladesh and India.
According to the police, Akbar had been living in Madhukhali Bhandaripara of Itkhola Gram Panchayat under Canning police station for the last 16 years.
Acting on a tip-off, the police officers from Canning police station reached his residence late Tuesday night.
After a Tuesday night-long questioning, Akbar was finally arrested on Wednesday morning.
"A Bangladeshi voter card was recovered from the arrested person. The name on that card is Mohammad Akbar Ali Ghazi. However, he was known in India as Akbar Ali Mollah. He will be produced in a district court today. We will pray for his custody to investigate the matter further, " a district police official said.
During the police questioning, the arrested person said that his 'real home' was in Satkhira in Bangladesh.