Kolkata: Accomplice of Pakistani national arrested helped make fake Indian passport

Kolkata, October 18 (IANS). The Kolkata zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Indubhushan Haldar alias Dullal on charges of providing Indian identity cards to Bangladeshi citizens through fake documents. This action was taken on 13 October. The ED produced the accused before the special PMLA court, Vichar Bhawan, Kolkata, where the court sent him to 5-day ED custody to elicit further revelations in the case. ED initiated this action based on FIR registered by West Bengal Police. Many shocking revelations were made during the investigation. Pakistani citizen Azad Hussain alias Azad Malik alias Ahmed Hussain Azad was living in India illegally by making fake identity cards. He was part of a gang to provide Indian identity cards to Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in India. ED investigation revealed that Azad Hussain was not only living under a fake identity but he also contacted Indubhushan Haldar to get Indian passports for Bangladeshi citizens. Indubhushan Haldar, a resident of Chakdah in Nadia district, is said to be the mastermind behind this whole ruckus. He prepared false documents for passport applications and through this he earned large amounts of illegal income. The investigation so far has revealed that in around 250 cases, Indubhushan Haldar helped Bangladeshi nationals to issue Indian passports illegally. During this period he was in constant touch with Azad Malik. Indubhushan Haldar had earlier filed anticipatory bail petitions in the special PMLA court of Kolkata Vichar Bhawan and the Calcutta High Court, which were rejected by both the courts. ED had already filed a prosecution in this case on 13 June 2025 against Pakistani national Azad Hussain alias Azad Malik alias Ahmed Hussain Azad under sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002. The Chief Justice of the City Sessions Court took notice of this complaint court on 9 June. officials, this case exposes serious networks involving national security and cross-border crimes. The agency’s investigation is now focused on who else is behind this illegal network. –IANS VKU/VC Share this story Tags