'Rohingyas living in UP with fake identities'

Information attributed to sources says about 3,000 Rohingyas are living in Uttar Pradesh with fake identities and involved in illegal activities.

Lucknow:Nearly 3,000 Rohingyas are staying in Uttar Pradesh under fake names, identities and are involved in terror funding and hawala trading, sources close to the matter have revealed.

After Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad on January 6 arrested an alleged Myanmar national of Rohingya community illegally living in the state's Sant Kabir Nagar district for the last 18 years, more information has come under the light.

Two Indian passports with fake identity credentials were found on arrested Azizul Haq and his mobile phone was also taken for investigation.

On the basis of these inquiries, it was ascertained that a large number of Rohingyas are living in Aligarh, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharth Nagar, and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.

The UP ATS has also contacted police in other states to collect information about Azizul Haq's associates and raids are being carried out on the information provided by him in different districts of the state, Prashant Kumar, ADG had said, adding several people are being questioned currently.

During his interrogation, Haq said that he has been living in India since 2002 and has helped several Rohingya members to infiltrate into the state.

Two Indian passports, three Aadhar Cards, one pan card, one ration card of Myanmar, and passbooks of five bank accounts have been recovered from him, the ADG added.

(With agency inputs)