23 foreigners held in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar for illegal stay in India

June 03, 2023 17:53

Twenty-three foreign nationals, including eight women from Nigeria, were arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district for allegedly staying illegally in India, the police said on Saturday.

The arrests were made on Friday night, they said.

Station house officer, Surajpur, inspector Awadhesh Pratap Singh said, "Last night (Friday), the police received information that some foreign nationals are living illegally in a society in the police station limits. Following this, a police team along with officials of the Regional Notification Department raided the society."

During the raid, 23 foreign nationals, including eight women from Nigeria, were arrested.

While visas of most of them had expired, some of them could not even produce passports and visas, he said.

A case has been registered in connection with the matter, he added. -- PTI

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