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Nigerian national arrested in Greater Noida for illegal stay
A 34-year-old Nigerian national was arrested from outside a residential society in Greater Noida on Wednesday for allegedly overstaying in the country
A 34-year-old Nigerian national was arrested from outside a residential society in Greater Noida on Wednesday for allegedly overstaying in the country.
According to police, Valentine Ahosota was presently living in a rented flat at the high-rise society in Sector Mu.
Pradeep Tripathi, SHO of Dadri police station, said that inspector (local intelligence unit) Parul Punia informed police that Ahosota was illegally living in Greater Noida.
“We found that his visa had expired on May 10, 2013, while his passport had also expired on December 9, 2017,” Punia said in the police complaint.
Tripathi said that Ahosota had come to India on a student visa about 10 years ago. “His visa expired eight years ago and he had not applied for its extension,” he said.
Police conducted a search and arrested him from outside his residential society. A case has been registered against him under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946. “He was produced in court that sent him to judicial custody,” Tripathi said.
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