Two illegal Bangladeshi migrants arrested from a hotel in Chinchwad: Police

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By: Express News Service Pune | August 17, 2025 23:04 IST 1 min readActing on a tip-off, a police team nabbed the two suspects at a hotel in Chinchwad on the evening of August 15.The Pimpri Chinchwad police have arrested two persons suspected to be illegal Bangladeshi migrants, working at a local hotel. They have been identified as Sunando Kumar Das (35) and Amit Vishwajeet Mandal (25).Police Havaldar Santosh Ubhe lodged the first information report (FIR) in this case at the Chinchwad police station on Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, a police team nabbed the two suspects at a hotel in Chinchwad on the evening of August 15.While checking their cell phones it was revealed that they had made phone calls to their contacts in Bangladesh including an image of Das’s identity card.As per officials Das came to India from Bangladesh in December 2024 by crossing the international border illegally.Investigations also revealed that Mandal entered India illegally in 2019. He then allegedly obtained an Indian Aadhaar card as well as voting card and Pancard on a West Bengal address using forged documents.Police have booked the two suspects under sections 318 (4), 336 (2), 336 (3), 340 (2), 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections of the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act and further investigations are being carried out.Click here to join Express Pune WhatsApp channel and get a curated list of our stories© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd