Ten more Pakistani nationals arrested near Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Ten more Pakistani nationals have been arrested on charges of staying illegally in India on fake documents, police said on Wednesday.
With this, the total number of Pakistani citizens held in connection with illegal stay by police in Jigani on Bengaluru outskirts has reached 17, they said.
The latest arrests came after police held a man named Parvez who had allegedly helped and harboured 22 Pakistani citizens settle in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka with Hindu names, police said.
“In a fresh case registered in this regard, 10 Pakistani nationals, including six women were arrested on Tuesday from Jigani jurisdiction (near Bengaluru). They have been arrested on charges of illegally staying in India on fake and forged documents. Some of them were also found to be overtsaying illegally,” a senior police officer told PTI.
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A few among the arrested were using Hindu names, while others had stuck to their original ones, he said.
Recently, four members of a family, who were Pakistani citizens, were arrested in Jigani. Following their arrest and interrogation, three more Pakistani citizens were arrested at Peenya here by Jigani police.
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Two highway robbers shot at in Hubballi during spot inspection
Hubballi (Karnataka), Nov 24: Two suspected robbers were shot at on Sunday when they tried to escape from police as they were taken for a spot inspection, Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner N Shashikumar said.
The incident happened when they were taken to a spot, in the outskirts of Hubbali, where they allegedly waylaid a car and looted money couple of weeks ago. Police took them there to make them describe the alleged crime.
The two alleged robbers Bharath and Farooq from Mangaluru were shot in their leg when they assaulted three police officers including two women police officers, Shashikumar told PTI.
He said the police officers shot them in self defence. According to him, the gang had waylaid a car on November 8 and decamped with Rs 7 lakh. Investigation led to the arrest of Bharath and Farooq and subsequently some amount was recovered from them, he added.
The Police Commissioner said the injured are being treated at Hubballi KIMS Hospital. Farooq, he said, has more than 17 cases registered against him in various police stations. There were cases registered against him in other states as well.
Bharat too has many criminal cases against him in various police stations in the state, Shashikumar said.
