JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir police said on Tuesday, in a statement, that they had arrested one person from Rajouri district for allegedly facilitating a Rohinga woman in obtaining papers. According to the statement, the woman is currently living in Narwal Bala, Jammu. The arrested person, identified as Lal Din, a resident of Kampla Mohra, Rajouri, was arrested in the Laam area of Nowshera, as per the statement. Police disclosed that a criminal case under FIR No. 215/2023 was registered at PS Nowshera under offences under the Indian Penal Code Sections 420, 467 and 14 of the Foreigners Act. “During the investigation, one accused, namely Haleema, a resident of Myanmar, was arrested earlier by police on October 19. She was later released by the court of law on October 30,” police said in their statement.On October 30, the court of law released her,” the police statement stated. “Carrying forward the investigation into the instant FIR, the house of one Lal Din was searched and some important documents having evidentiary value have been seized in the instant case,” stated the release. In the meantime, police are searching different parts of the city for persons who may be giving papers or conspiracies to people who have come from outside, according to Jammu Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Shakti Pathak, who made reference to the Rohingya, who are not citizens of the nation.The senior law enforcement official added that an inquiry is in progress. “People have given their plots to those who’ve come from outside,” DIG Pathak said in a Tuesday interview with reporters in Jammu regarding the searches. We are investigating the source of these facilities and assisting them in obtaining Indian government facilities.” He said that searches are taking place at about 29–30 sites in Jammu and that seven police stations are involved. “We are examining the documents and the individuals who assisted them in supplying them. There is an ongoing investigation,” he declared. A Rohingya colony in Jammu’s Bathindi area was searched earlier in the day by Jammu and Kashmir police.
