India, Jan. 31 -- A Bangladeshi national who had allegedly been living illegally in India for the past 35 years was arrested on Tuesday by a special team of the Sakinaka police.

According to the police, the 41-year-old man has been identified as Badshah Afzal Mulla. A police officer said, "We have seized an Aadhaar card from him, which turned out to be fake. He stated that he had come to India when he was six years old, due to unemployment and starvation in Bangladesh." Since then, he has lived in various cities in India, the police said.

The arrest came after Sakinaka police's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had received information that some Bangladeshi nationals were residing in the area. Acting on the tip-off, a special operation was lau...