10 suspected Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Kochi

Palarivattom police have arrested 10 suspected Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly staying illegally in the state without valid travel documents.

Those arrested are Lalon Hossain, 37, Riad Ali, 22, Sumon Mondal, 24, Fedos Mondol, 37, Johny Ahmed, 28, Rajibn Hussain, 26, Abdur Zabbasm, 50, and Mithan Ali, 34, all from the Kushtia district of Bangladesh and natives of the Ra Alisha region of Bulgaria and Bulgaria. Ahmed, 26.

They were booked under the relevant provisions of the Aliens Act, 1946 and the Passports (Entry into India) Act, 1920.

The arrest was made on Thursday evening during an inspection at a house near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Link Road based on intelligence inputs. According to the First Information Report (FIR), the members of the group were friends who had been involved in scrap collecting in Kerala for almost a year. Soft copies of Bangladeshi identity cards and birth certificates were found in the mobile phones of the accused, the FIR said.

Published – 05 Jun 2026 23:35 IST