KISHANGANJ, July 12 -- Two Bangladeshi nationals, identified as 30-year-old Saharyar Sajib Khan and 43-year-old Mohammad Sagar, were arrested on the Indo-Nepal border near Galgalia in Bihar's Kishanganj district on March 11, this year, when they were returning to Bangladesh via Nepal. Interestingly, they had toured extensively in India with the only document- Aadhaar cards which they managed to procure through agents active along Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bangladesh borders. They had revealed to police that it was easy to obtain Aadhaar cards in the border areas. Last year in October, a Bangladeshi national who had settled in Araria three years ago was caught when he had applied for a passport to visit Bangladesh as an Indian citizen. Later, police had seized Aadhaar card (No-645909052402) and voter identity card (No-WE03540010). He had managed to procure these documents after getting married to Rangila Khatun, daughter of Mohammad Mustaq of Marangi Tola, Rampur Kodarkatti in Araria. On June 7 this year, Kishanganj police led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Sagar Kumar claimed to have busted a racket active on Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bangladesh borders involved in facilitating the illegal entry of Bangladeshi infiltrators into India and arrested one person while hunt for other members is still underway. Later, police had seized several acknowledgement slips of Aadhaar cards and the arrested person had confessed that the Aadhaar card was sold to infiltrators for Rs.10,000 to 20,000. In Seemanchal's four districts lying in the close vicinity of West Bengal and two international borders-Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bangladesh borders, many Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested during the last over three decades. "Yes, I think, ECI should have started SIR (Special Intensive Revision) long ago as it is not easy to segregate the Bangladeshis living illegally in the village after establishing marital relationship with Indian Muslim girls," a senior district- level officer told HT. "But it is never too late to mend," he said, declaring SIR a necessity. "Election can be deferred, SIR must continue as it is in the interest of the nation," he claimed. He said, "Seemnachal region has registered about 16% growth in Muslim population between 1951 and 2011 with the average population of Muslims is touching 50 per cent. As the data received from UIDAI (Unique Identity Authority of India), Kishanganj has Aadhaar saturation 126% followed by Katihar and Araria 123% each and Purnia 121%. "The data show that Aadhaar cards made in Seemanchal's four districts are more than their population," a senior officer posted in Kishanganj told HT citing that Bihar has 94 percent Aadhaar coverage. Seemanchal districts have a substantial number of Muslims with Kishanganj about 70%, Katihar 44%, Araria 43% and Purnia 40%. "Muslim population has risen sharply in these districts and Kishanganj district has more than 70% Muslim population right now," reliable sources said adding "What media are raising now, is nothing new as everybody knows it but is silent due to petty politics." Kishanganj District Magistrate (DM) Vishal Kumar while talking to HT over phone ruling out any such data with them, said, "We don't have any data, but we are doing as per ECI guidelines." Opposition parties in Bihar under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav called for a Bihar Bandh on June 9 to protest SIR for excluding Aadhaar card as a valid proof. Seemanchal has witnessed a prolonged agitation against Bangladeshi infiltrators and BJP has been raising the issue for a long time but the party is accused of having sacrificed the issue in recent years for power. "BJP distanced itself from the agitation for the sake of its love for power and left it as soon as it formed alliance with JD-U in Bihar," political observer Prof Naresh Kumar Srivasatava said adding "What BJP did, the same is being done by the opposition parties," declaring it a 'Kursi game.'...