India, May 16 -- A Bangladeshi living in a Buddhist monk's disguise at a monastery in Bihar's Bodh Gaya was arrested late on Thursday after illegally entering India last month and procuring a fake Aadhar card showing him as an Arunachal Pradesh native, a police officer said on Friday.

The officer said Pawan Kanti Barua, 62, was arrested from the Bodh Gaya's Sleeping Buddha Temple based on an intelligence input. He was masquerading as a monk, Propul Chakma, from Chowkham in Arunachal Pradesh's Lohit district.

People aware of the matter said Barua initially argued with police, insisting he was an Indian national, and showed the fake Aadhaar card, which was seized. They added that he later accepted being a Bangladeshi national during inter...