Overview
- Police identified the suspects as Sikandar Alam, known as Siko, and his brother Abdul Motalif Khan, known as Tiki, arrested in separate operations in Jajpur and Khurda.
- Officers said surveillance-based traps led to Sikandar’s capture after a week on the run, with his passport and other documents seized and his interrogation underway at an undisclosed location.
- Investigators allege the brothers built housing on government land in the Berhampur area to shelter Bangladeshis and helped procure Indian IDs, with fake Aadhaar and voter cards recovered.
- Around 30 Bangladeshi nationals fled during the November 16 raid, two women were arrested for attacking police, and weapons including a country-made pistol and swords were seized from the site.
- District authorities demolished the targeted house on November 17 and bulldozed additional structures, as parallel detection and eviction drives continue across Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Khurda, Balasore, Puri and Keonjhar.