India, Feb. 1 -- Nine Bangladeshi women who made a living dancing in an orchestra bar near Kongaon village were arrested on Thursday during a raid. Police said the women had been illegally residing in a chawl in Thakur Pada, without valid travel documents. The chawl owner was booked for not verifying their documents and allowing their illegal residence in his property.

Based on a tip-off, the Bhiwandi crime branch raided a chawl behind the New Marathi School in Thakur Pada on Thursday, said assistant police inspector Shri Raj Mali of the Bhiwandi crime branch. Nine Bangladeshi women who resided there - Sima Begum Siraj, 27, Rekha Anisram Ram, 24, Rupa Anisram Ram aka Sati Iqbal Hussain Akhtar, 24, Anjani Habij Sha, 23, Sharda Bansi Sahu,...