Illegal huts on agencies’ radar for Bangladeshis

Agra: Police and investigative agencies became active after the Bangladeshis were arrested. Verification of people living in illegally built slums in the city is ongoing. According to the information, the police have identified 11 areas. In the investigation, police and administration officials found disturbances in residents’ documents.

On February 4, Sikandra Police Station in Agra arrested 32 Bangladeshis from Sector 14 of Awas Vikas. Which included 15 men, 13 women and 4 teenagers. The police had found 35 fake Aadhaar cards and one PAN card. Everyone was sent to jail by the police. After that, investigative agencies are engaged in the investigation of people living in illegal settlements and slums of Agra. Police have identified 11 areas. These include Tajganj, Sikandra, Etmadwola, Jagdishpura, Rakabganj, Hariparvat, New Agra etc.

There is an illegal settlement in the cemetery
There are 60 to 70 residences in the Pachkuian Cemetery located in Thana Nai Ki Mandi. On the complaint of social activist Naresh Paras, in October, ACM Pancham Vijay Sharma, Waqf Board inspector Shyamdhar Gupta and the police team called for an investigation. When the investigation team checked the documents of the residents of the commune located in the cemetery, their heads were shocked. During interrogations, people said they were Muslims, but when the Aadhaar cards were checked, their names were mentioned as Hindus. ACM Pancham Vijay Sharma was investigating this but the investigation is still pending.

The municipality did not move even after the notice
Waqf Board Inspector Shyamdhar Gupta says that according to Waqf Board rules, only cemetery committee office can be set up in the cemetery. Apart from that, a gravedigger can live there. Other than that, there may not be any pucca constructions in the cemetery, but several dozen pucca houses have been built in the cemetery. There is also information about the life of a family that lives luxuriously. The Waqf Council had issued notices to the inhabitants of the basti, but the basti is still there.