General News of Friday, 25 September 2020
Source: www.mynigeria.com
3 Nigerians detained for illegal entry into India
They were detained after they failed to produce their pass
Three Nigerians have been arrested for entering India through neighbours Bangladesh without valid documentation.
Local reports said that the three whose names were given as Nnamdi Bernard Nwali, Prince Paul and Eze Collins were stopped during a routine check.
The district police stopped a vehicle coming from Tripura side on National Highway 8 along the Assam-Tripura border on Wednesday evening, September 23, the reports disclosed.
They detained three Nigerians from the vehicle after they failed to produce their passports and valid documents.
During interrogation, they claimed that they entered India from Bangladesh via Tripura.
The Police has registered a case against the three Nigerian nationals under relevant sections of the Foreigners Act, 1946 along with Section 6 of the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950.
