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The Pakistani nationals were allegedly facing spiritual persecution successful their motherland owing to their links to MFI, an outlawed outfit successful Pakistan. (File)
The Karnataka police, investigating the introduction of amerciable Pakistan migrants successful the state, person arrested 10 much radical surviving successful assorted parts of the state nether Hindu identities and allegedly linked to the Mehdi Foundation International (MFI), officials said.
With this, the full fig of arrests successful the MFI lawsuit has accrued to 18, including the Indian cause who facilitated forged documents for the others, the constabulary said. The Pakistani nationals were allegedly facing spiritual persecution successful their motherland owing to their links to MFI, an outlawed outfit successful Pakistan.
The arrested person been identified arsenic Shafiqur Rahman, 50; Saif Ali, besides known arsenic Saifulla Abuja, 50; Saleem Khan, 48; Faraz Ahmed, besides known arsenic Fariduddin, 42; and six women —Noushin, 40; Hameeda, 48; Farzana, 53; Nusrat, 40; Mehanoor, 23; and Ruksana, 39.
They had been residing successful assorted parts of India, with 5 successful Delhi, 3 successful Rajasthan, and 2 successful Uttar Pradesh. All of them had obtained fake Aadhaar cards and different documents.
According to the police, the investigators persuaded the Pakistani citizens to travel to Bengaluru aft the apprehension of the Indian MFI agent, Parvez Ahmed alias Farvez, an Uttar Pradesh autochthonal and nonmigratory of Mumbai.
“Parvez came to Bengaluru to supply ineligible assistance to the families and we arrested him. Using him, we called different Pakistan nationals to travel to Bengaluru luring to lick their issues. Trusting Parvez, they came to Bengaluru and the arrests were made,” said a constabulary serviceman astatine Jigani constabulary presumption successful Bengaluru agrarian district.
On September 29, a household of 4 Pakistani nationals, surviving nether the mendacious surname of Sharma, was arrested from the outskirts of Bengaluru. The household had been residing successful Rajapura nether Hindu individuality for the past six years. This apprehension led to the find of different family, consisting of 3 members, including a 13-year-old girl, surviving adjacent Peenya successful northbound Bengaluru.
A elder constabulary serviceman noted that nary transgression activities person been linked to the arrested Pakistani citizens who were lone engaged successful preaching spiritual teachings nether the absorption of MFI and Parvez Ahmed.
MFI promotes the ‘Goharian Philosophy’ which is akin to Sufism successful India.
Two of the arrested, identified arsenic Nisar Ahmed and Iram, held valid Pakistani passports but had overstayed connected expired visas. They were handed implicit to the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for deportation proceedings.
Two aged detainees, some astir 70 years old—one paralyzed and the different suffering from age-related wellness issues—were sent to a rehabilitation center. A insignificant among those apprehended is housed successful a authorities girls’ home.
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