Overview

• Four Afghan nationals were detained in Guwahati’s Hatigaon area on June 22 for residing in India without valid documentation since 2015
• The suspects—Aman Khan, Rizwan Khan, Yusuf Zahid and Asif Rana—are accused of running an illegal high-interest money-lending racket in the city
• Police seized government-issued documents, filled forms and other suspicious papers during a raid on a rented home near Little Flower School
• A case has been filed at Hatigaon Police Station under Case No. 112/25 as authorities probe the detainees’ network and activities over their prolonged stay
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has stepped up Assam’s anti-infiltration campaign by ordering tighter vigilance along international borders