12 Nigerian citizens have been apprehended in Meghalaya for allegedlyentering India. The Nigerians have been detained from a bus while they weretravelling from Silchar to Guwahati on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Meghalaya Police on Thursday detained six Nigerian citizens atfirst from Ratasera in the border of Cachar during a regular search operation. Afterthe police have verified the documents of the six people, it was found thatthey don't have valid visas.
Police later found that although they have valid documents to travel toBangladesh but they don't have valid documents to travel to India for which theMeghalaya police have detained all the six citizens of Nigeria.
The Nigerians have been identified as Thomson Chizoram Nwafama,Chijioke Agustus Obiocha, Desmond Chiemela Uzochkwu, Okoliegbe Henry Onyedika,Okeke Ugochukwu Justin and Chukwunyere Chinaza Christian. The other six havebeen detained on Saturday and Sunday.
During the interrogation by police, the Nigerians said that they went to Bangladesh and entered India through the Tripura-Agartala border. From Tripura, they went to Silchar, and from Silchar, they were travelling on a bus to Guwahati. The Meghalaya police have not yet received any information as to where they were about to go from Guwahati.
The Nigerians are now under the custody of Meghalaya police for furtherinterrogation and have been taken to Shillong to reveal more information fromthem.
