Manipur: Myanmar national arrested with fake Aadhaar card in Moreh

IMPHAL | September 19, 2019:

A Myanmar national was arrested by a troops of 43 Assam Rifles on Tuesday, who was travelling with a fake Aadhaar card, from Moreh town in Tengnoupal district of Manipur. Four local agents, who facilitated his movement to the border town, were also arrested.

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Sources said that the man has been identified as Zaylin Naing Abdullah,a resident of Molpin, Mon State in Myanmar and was travelling towards Moreh from Deoband in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur area.

Sources also informed that Abdullah was in India to complete a one year course in Islamic Studies from Deoband and was to be handed over to a carrier named Sayed Ali, a resident of Moreh ward number 3.

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A team of Assam Rifles intercepted the vehicle in which he was travelling
at a mobile vehicle check post near Moreh College around 7:30 pm.

The name and address in Abdullah's Aadhaar card was found to be same with the address of the driver of the vehicle in which he was travelling.

Subsequently, the driver, Abdul Rehaman, who is a resident of Sangaiyumpham, Thoubal district, was also apprehended. The Assam Rifles team also recovered Rs 7.5 Lakh from his possession.

The other three agents were identified as Sayed Ali, Hanif Ahmed and Md Hafizudi. They were arrested following the revelation of the driver.

The driver said he received the cash from a person named Nasir Ahmed of Lilong and the same was to be handed over to Hanif Ahmad and Mohd Hafizudin. He also disclosed to have carried money on six different occasions earlier from Nasir to Hanif and Hafizudin.

He further disclosed that he had also carried two more Myanmar nationals on August 12 from Imphal Airport and handed them over to a person named Sanu in Namphalong, Tamu, Myanmar.

Source: TIE