Hyderabad, Feb. 16 -- The Hyderabad City Police have deported a foreign national from Nigeria, for overstaying in India and engaging in illegal activities that posed a threat to the national security.

The individual was identified as 40-year-old Ikechukwu Sylvester Mbah.

According to an official release, Mbah, originally from Nigeria, arrived in Mumbai in 2012 on a business visa and initially engaged in the cloth trade.

He would purchase clothing at lower rates in Mumbai and export it to Nigeria. However, in 2019, Mbah was arrested by Taloja Police, Navi Mumbai, in connection with a Passport Act violation.

After serving a two-year sentence, he was released from Central Prison, Navi Mumbai, and began residing in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai, with...