Bangladeshi Woman Held At Guwahati Airport For Allegedly Using Fake Aadhaar; Wider Identity Fraud Network Under Probe

Guwahati: Security personnel at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport apprehended a 24-year-old Bangladeshi girl for allegedly attempting to board a flight using a forged Aadhaar card, raising concerns over the use of fake identity documents and illegal cross-border movement.

The woman, identified as Tisha, daughter of Tohid and a resident of Narayanganj in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was intercepted by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at around 3 pm on June 16 while she was preparing to board a flight to Bengaluru.

According to officials, she was found carrying an Aadhaar card that had been fraudulently issued in the name of Puja Das, daughter of Suman Das, from Dayabari village under Ramnagar-II in Nadia district of West Bengal.

During preliminary questioning, Tisha reportedly told authorities that she had entered India through the Agartala border in Tripura.

Following her detention, she was handed over to the Border Branch for further interrogation and necessary legal action.

Investigators are examining the circumstances under which the forged Aadhaar card was prepared and whether other individuals were involved in facilitating its procurement and use.

Authorities are also looking into the possibility of a wider network engaged in the creation of fake identity documents and the movement of individuals across international borders.

The investigation is continuing, and further details are awaited.