Hyderabad: Hyderabad police Thursday arrested a 24-year-old man from Pakistan staying in the city for last 10 months.
Faiz Mohammed, hailing from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, married Hyderabad native Neha Fathima while working in Sharjah.
The man entered India via Nepal with the help of his in-laws and has been living here with his wife and three-year-old son, The Indian Express reported citing police.
The police seized a Pakistani passport and other documents from his possession.
Police are now looking for his in-laws Zubair Shaik and Afzal Begum who are at large.
P Sai Chaitanya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone), said Faiz illegally entered India through the Nepal border in November 2022 on a visiting visa.
‘Zubair Shaik and Afzal Begum received him at the Nepal border by managing the border officials and brought him home to NM Guda in Kishan Bagh and he has been staying here illegally,’ the DCP reportedly said.
The DCP further added ‘The in-laws took Faiz to the Aadhaar office in Madhapur and tried to enrol him on their son Mohammed Ghouse’s name by submitting a birth certificate.’
Acting on a tip off sleuths detained Faiz and handed over to the Bahadurpura police.
Officers are now looking into Faiz’s antecedents and activities in the city over the last year.