Overview
- Colaba police detained 38-year-old Juleka Jamal Shaikh near the Gateway of India on January 5 after a tip-off, and she admitted being a Bangladeshi national without valid documents.
- ATS officers and Cuffe Parade police arrested 30-year-old Bilqis Begum Siramiya Aktar in Nariman Point on January 7, and she acknowledged a prior August 2025 deportation before re-entering India.
- FIRs have been registered at Colaba and Cuffe Parade under provisions of the Foreigners Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for illegal entry and unauthorised stay.
- Special Branch records confirm earlier deportation orders, including an August 6, 2025 directive, and officers seized an Infinix phone from Aktar that contained her Bangladeshi national ID.
- Officials told Hindustan Times the women have been sent to Byculla women’s prison pending trial, and investigators are examining police reports that cite the Ghojadanga jungle route in North 24 Parganas as a likely crossing.