BHAGALPUR: A local court in Bhagalpur on Saturday sentenced an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh to three-year jail term for living in India without valid passport and visa and involving in other illegal activities, including drug peddling.
The illegal immigrant, identified as Shahadat Hussain alias Payal Kumari, used to impersonate as transgender and dance in bars, nightclubs and shady hotels in New Delhi and other places. He is also accused of procuring Indian Aadhaar card through an agent in New Delhi and a cellphone number for carrying out illegal activities.
“Additional district judge (ADJ)-11 of Bhagalpur district court Atulvir Singh found Shahadat guilty under Section 14 of The Foreigners Act of 1946, Section 414 of Indian Penal Code and Section 21(a) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985 and awarded three-year jail term to him,” special public prosecutor of the court Shridhar Kumar Singh said.
Majority of migrant labourers opted to stay back in Kerala during lockdown, says study
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 : Kerala is home to around 38.5 lakh migrant workers who have found shelter and home in the state. There are pockets such as Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district, Kottuli in Kozhikode, Cherthala in Alappuzha and in many parts of the industrial district of Ernakulam where migrant workers are found in large numbers.
Most of the migrant workers come from West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. But a majority of them are from West Bengal and there are movie theatres in Perumbavoor, the hub of plywood factories of the state, wherein Bengali movies are shown.
Coal town schools reopen after nine months Classes held on rotational basis, 30 per cent students with parents consent letter allowed
All government schools reopened in the district as per the state government order observing the laid guidelines on Monday. In some public schools pre-board examinations were held observing the state government guidelines but a majority of the public schools have decided to open two-three days later after making necessary preparations.
Talking to the Telegraph Online on Monday, Principal of BSS Ucchh Vidyalaya, Anjali Gupta said, “We have opened the school today for Class X and XII observing all the Covid guidelines like carrying out sanitization of the entire campus, ensuring all students and staff are wearing a mask, obtaining the consent letter of the parents, etc.”
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