Mumbai: An Afghan national is detained by the Crime Branch for entering India illegally

An Afghan national residing in India illegally has been taken into custody by Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 5. The defendant arrived in India in 2007 and gave money to individuals at a ten percent interest rate.

As per the details obtained from Crime Branch, Ghanshyam Nair, the in-charge of Unit 5, discovered that there was an Afghan guy residing at Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg. The police set up a trap and took the accused into custody as soon as they got the information.

Specifics of the case

The accused, whose true name is Habibula Prang (38), goes as Zahir Khan while he is in India. He returned to Afghanistan in 2011 after visiting India in 2007. Prang created some Indian documentation for it when he visited India in 2007.

According to a police official, Prang left for Afghanistan in 2011 and came back to India in 2017 with a tourist visa. Prang was residing inside the RAK Marg police boundaries as a paid guest. Upon conducting a search, the Crime Branch confiscated his immunization record, Afghan passport, and identification card. The accused has had his PAN card and driver’s license taken away from him under the name of Zahir Khan.

Prang arrived on a tourist visa that had expired, according to a criminal branch officer. Even when his visa expired, he stayed away.

The Crime Branch is investigating who provided the Indian papers to the accused Prang, who has lived in Mumbai for a long time. In the process, it is also looking into Prang’s other statements and travels in India.

Habibula has been detained by police after they filed a formal complaint against him under the Foreign Citizen Act, Indian Passport Act, and sections 465, 468, and 471 of the IPC. Habibullah lives in Afghanistan’s Zuramat District.