A 34-year-old Bangladeshi national, Ehsan Hafiz Shaikh, was arrested by Pune city police on Friday after it was discovered that he had been residing illegally in India for the past two decades.

According to ANI, Shaikh, who had been living in the Maharshi Nagar area of Pune, was taken into custody after being brought to the Swargate police station by activists from the Patit Pavan Sanghatna, who suspected him of being a Bangladeshi citizen. This led to the filing of an FIR at the Swargate police station, triggering an investigation into Shaikh’s status in the country.