6 Nigerians arrested for illegally entering India through night bus

The police in Meghalaya, India, has arrested six Nigerians in East
Jaiñtia Hills on Saturday, bringing the total number of foreign
nationals arrested to nine within a span of two days.
The Nigerians are Thomson Nwafama, 29, Chijioke Obiacha, 28, Desmond
Uzochkwu, 25, Okoliegbe Henry Onyedika, 33, Okeke Justin, 32, and
Chukwunyere Christian, 30.
East Jaiñtia Hill superintendent of police, Vivekanand Singh, said on
Saturday that the six Nigerians travelling by night bus from Silchar
to Guwahati, were detected and detained for interrogation, the
Telegraph India reports.
He said, “They admitted that they had travelled from Africa to
Bangladesh on visas issued by competent authorities but had illegally
entered India near Agartala on Friday.”
From Agartala, they travelled by car to Silchar, and were assisted by
residents of both Bangladesh as well as India, he added.
A case was registered at Lumshnong police station under the Foreigner’s Act.
On Friday, three foreign nationals were detained and arrested in the
same district and also booked under the Foreigner’s Act.
The modus operandi adopted by the three — one from Ivory Coast and two
from Nigeria — to enter India was the same as the one adopted by the
six Nigerians.