
Police said he had been working at the factory for the past one month.
A Bangladeshi national allegedly working without valid documents at a private plywood factory in Kerala’s Ernakulam district has been arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
The accused, identified as Mohammad Rathon Islam, was arrested from a plywood company at Vandamattam in Ernakulam’s Kuruppampady area. Police said he had been working at the factory for the past one month.
According to officials, the ATS launched a search after receiving intelligence that the Bangladeshi national was staying in Kerala. Acting on location-based inputs, the team traced and arrested him from the factory.
Bangladesh identity documents were recovered from his possession during the operation. He was later handed over to the police for further investigation.
Police said several Bangladeshi nationals working without valid documents have been detained from plywood factories in the Perumbavoor and Kuruppampady regions in previous crackdowns as well.
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