Dozens of illegal Nepalis arrested in Dhaka

Police raided a six-storey building in Pallabi DOHS and detained them around 12:30am on Friday. “They had come to Bangladesh on tourist visas and worked at various hotels,” said Masud Ahmed, deputy commissioner of police’s Mirpur zone. Pallabi Officer-in-Charge (OC) Dadon Bhuiyan said: “Of the detainees, only one had a work permit. We also detained a Bangladeshi named Oaliullah from the building.” Oaliullah and the Nepali man, who had the work permit, brought the others to Bangladesh, the OC said. The OC said the detainees are still in the building. Oaliullah is said to have visited Nepal and Malaysia often and brought these men to Bangladesh on tourist visas. “They entered the country through Benapol's land port on May 22. The validity for their visa expired on June 19,” OC Bhuiyan said. OC Bhuiyan Added: “Oaliullah had pushed the men to overstay their visas and work in the hotel, asking for more money to extend their visa but he never did.” It is a case of fraud and charges will be pressed against Oaliullah by one of the victims, Ajay. Police said the detainees were handed over to the embassy concerned and will they will return home soon.