Karnataka Police has arrested 10 more people as part of its investigation into illegal Pakistani immigrants in the state. These people were living under Hindu identity in different parts of the country and were allegedly linked to Mehdi Foundation International (MFI). Officials gave this information. The total number of arrests in the MFI case has risen to 18, including the Indian agent who arranged fake documents for other migrants, he said. Many of these people were living in India under the Sharma surname.
According to the report, police said the Pakistani national was facing religious persecution in his country for allegedly being associated with an MFI, which is a banned organization in Pakistan. Those arrested have been identified as Shafiqur Rehman (50), Saif Ali alias Saifullah Abuja (50), Salim Khan (48), Faraz Ahmed alias Fariduddin (42), and six women – Nausheen (40), Hamida (48), Farzana. (53), Nusrat (40), Mehnoor (23), and Ruksana (39).
All these people were living in different parts of India, of which five were in Delhi, three in Rajasthan and two in Uttar Pradesh. Everyone had obtained fake Aadhaar cards and other documents. According to police, after the arrest of Indian MFI agent Parvez Ahmed alias Farvez, investigators called the Pakistani national to Bengaluru. Parvez is from Uttar Pradesh and resident of Mumbai. He had come to Bengaluru to provide legal assistance to the families, where he was arrested.
“After arresting Parvez, we used him to call other Pakistani nationals to Bengaluru and lure them to resolve their issues,” said an officer from Jigani police station. Trusting Parvez, they came to Bengaluru and then arrests were made.” On September 29, a family of four Pakistani nationals living under the Hindu surname ‘Sharma’ was arrested from the outskirts of Bengaluru.
The family was living in Rajapura for the last six years. Following this arrest, another three-member family living in North Bengaluru near Peenya was traced, which also included a 13-year-old girl. A senior police officer said that the arrested Pakistani nationals were not found to have any link to any criminal activities. He was engaged in giving religious sermons only on the instructions of MFI and Parvez Ahmed. MFI propagates ‘Goharian Philosophy’, which is similar to Sufism in India.
