Kolkata, July 17 -- An Afghan national has been picked up from Bhawanipur police station area here for allegedly staying in India illegally after the expiry of his visa.
Police said the accused Jamil Khan stayed in India for five years while his visa expired in May 2021.
Police are currently interrogating Jamil and trying to find out if other Afghan nationals were also present in the area.
The West Bengal government has adopted a strict stance regarding infiltrators, and individuals identified as illegal entrants from Bangladesh across various districts are being deported.
Jamil had arrived in the city in March 2021 on a three-month visit visa. Although his visa expired in May 2021, he never returned to Afghanistan. He had been living a...