Four Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested for allegedly staying illegally in the country for last several years, police said today.
One of the arrested persons Azad Mian (26) was seen moving suspiciously inside the Aviation Research Centre (ARC) of Intelligence Bureau (IB) at Charbatia, about 15 kms from here, they said, adding the four were produced in the court today.
ITBP personnel, who are currently in charge of security of the ARC, picked him up and handed him over to the Choudwar police, the police said.
The city police subsequently picked up the other three Bangladeshis who were doing odd jobs in Cuttack city and frequented the ARC along with Azad Mian.
"A case of criminal trespass under IPC and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act has been registered against all four of them and their activities in India are under investigation and verification," said city DCP Sanjiv Arora.
The other arrested have been identified as Shymal Munsi (31), Moin Munsi (23) and Md Abdul Ali (35).
All the arrested persons including Azad Mian belong to Faridpur area of Bangladesh, the police added.
