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Pak girl illegally enters India to stay with UP man in B’luru; both held
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Whitefield, S Girish, said the man, identified as Mulayam Singh Yadav, a native of Uttar Pradesh and working as a security guard in the city, met the woman from Pakistan’s Hyderabad through the online game Ludo.
A minor girl from Pakistan girl has been detained for allegedly forging her identity and illegally staying in Bengaluru, police said on Monday, adding that a 26-year-old man has also been arrested in connection with the case.
Whitefield deputy commissioner of police (DCP) S Girish said the man, identified as Mulayam Singh Yadav — a native of Uttar Pradesh and working as a security guard in Bengaluru — met the girl from Pakistan’s Hyderabad through the online game Ludo.
“The man used to work as a security guard at a private firm and used to play Ludo online. Last year, he came in contact with the minor girl and recently, he asked her to come to Bengaluru so they could get married. They made a plan to bring her over to India through Nepal in September 2022,” the DCP said.
According to the police, the duo got married in Nepal and entered India illegally. They were living in the labourer quarters under Bellandur police station limits, said the police.
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“She has been handed over to the FRRO (Foreigners Regional Registration Office), and a case is filed against the man. He has been arrested,” the DCP added.
A first information report (FIR) has been registered under Section 7 of the Foreigners Act against Govinda Reddy, the owner of the property where the couple was staying, for failing to inform police about the foreigner staying illegally in his building.
Yadav has been booked under sections 420 (cheating), 495 (concealing marriage), 468 (forgery) and 471 (forging documents) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said police.
“We can’t divulge details, but it was based on credible information from a source,” said a senior police officer when asked how they learnt about the girl.
On May 25, 2017, an Indian national and three Pakistani nationals were arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly staying under fake identities.
They were living in South Bengaluru’s Kumaraswamy Layout for the past nine months.
