Kyrgyszstani national with Indian passport held

A 34-year-old Kyrgyszstani national, who was deported from India for violating her visa conditions last year, managed to come back to the country and obtain Indian passport and documentations of a Indian citizen.

Narina Dokturbekova was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport on Thursday when she attempted to take a flight to Nepal from the city. At the immigration counter, she presented an Indian passport, which raised officials’ eyebrows.

Officials told the BIAL police in their complaint that Narina had come to the city on a business visa in 2017, and was illegally working in the marketing division at an adhesives manufacturing company. In November 2018, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office got wind of this, and deported her. While she was supposed to go from Delhi to her home country, Narina instead made her way to Nepal in December and managed to cross the border, and came back to Bengaluru.

During this time, she managed to illegally obtain an Indian passport, Aadhar card, and PAN, despite being a Kyrgyszstan citizen, said the police. BIAL police have filed cases under Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Passport Act, 1967 against her and are investigating how she got the documents.

Drug haul at airport

Two persons have been arrested for reportedly attempting to smuggle cocaine, amphetamine, hashish, and other prohibited narcotics to Qatar from Bengaluru. Narcotics Control Bureau, Bengaluru zonal unit, seized the drugs and arrested Naousheer Muhammed (29) and Naushad Mannakkamvalli (24) from Kempegowda International Airport on Friday.