A 52-year-old woman was arrested by the Bhayandar police after it was allegedly discovered that she is a Bangladeshi citizen who had been residing in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for the past 38 years. The woman’s daughter told mid-day that her mother came to India with her family nearly four decades ago, married an Indian man, who died many years ago, and raised three daughters.

She urged the authorities not to deport her mother and said that if they must, they should deport the daughters as well. In a joint operation, the MBVV police recently arrested 22 Bangladeshi nationals who had been living illegally. Among them is Anwara Murasi Shaikh, 52. Her three daughters currently live in Mira Road. As per police, Anwara Shaikh entered India 38 years ago via a river crossing along the India-Bangladesh border and married Murasi Shaikh. A police officer said, “Anwara managed to obtain an Aadhaar card and a PAN card.”

Aadhaar, PAN cards of Anwara Shaikh, who is now arrested