HYDERABAD: Rajendranagar police arrested two Rohingya Muslim refugees of Myanmar for obtaining Aadhaar cards and other ID proofs illegally. After coming to India, the accused married two women refugees from Myanmar who were also named as accused in the case.
The arrested accused are Abdul Munnaf alias Ayan Ansari, 31, a labourer from Chintalmet in Rajendranagar and Hafiz Ahmed, 34, a fish vendor from MM Pahadi in Rajendranagar.
According to the police, the duo are natives of Gondusar Momakindao Maerma village in Maungdow district of Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Abdul’s wife Noor Khalima and Hafiz’s wife Shaik Rofika, both refugees from Myanmar, have also been named as accused in the case but are yet to be arrested. Due to problems in Myanmar, in 2014, Abdul entered India illegally by crossing the India-Bangladesh border and in the same manner, Hafiz came to India in 2017 via Bangladesh, Rajendranagar inspector K Kanakaiah said.
After entering India, the duo took shelter in Punjab and Mumbai respectively and later moved to New Delhi. They obtained refugee certificates from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and worked as labourers in private firms in Delhi. “As the company management insisted on Aadhaar card details for employment, the duo obtained Aadhaar cards by paying money to unidentified agents in Delhi. They also obtained PAN cards, driving license, voter ID cards, LPG connections and opened bank accounts,” the inspector said.
The duo came to Hyderabad in 2018.
Acting on specific information, police raided the houses of the duo on Monday night and seized the ID proofs obtained illegally. The accused were booked and produced before a local court and sent in judicial remand on Tuesday.
