Overview

• Inspector General Nilesh Anand Bharane announced the updated tally at a press conference, stating that 14 people have been arrested to date.
• Police said some of those arrested are Bangladeshi citizens, including a man who lived in Selaqui as a Bengali doctor named Amit Kumar using fake documents.
• Another arrest named by police was Ifraz Ahmed Lolu of Anantnag, accused of concealing his religion and posing as “Raj Ahuja” to form relationships with women.
• District checks continue, with 2,704 people verified in Haridwar leading to three arrests and 922 checked in Dehradun leading to five arrests, with actions also reported in Tehri, Pauri, Almora and Nainital.
• The new totals diverge from August reports that cited around 300 arrests after 4,000 people were questioned, a discrepancy not addressed in the latest briefing.