India, Nov. 23 -- At least six Afghan nationals have been arrested in Kolkata in less than a month for allegedly residing without a valid visa and illegally procuring documents such as passport, driving licence, Aadhaar, PAN and voter ID cards to pose as Indian citizens, police officials said.

"An Afghan identified as Naseer Khan, against whom a lookout notice had been issued, was arrested on November 17 from the Kolkata airport when he was about to board a Kuala Lumpur-bound flight on an Indian passport. Two more passports issued against different names were recovered from him during interrogation," a Kolkata police officer said, requesting anonymity.

"Three other Afghan men were arrested from the Bhawanipore area in early November. Th...