After attack on Saif Ali Khan, L-G directs Delhi top cop to launch campaign against ‘illegal immigrants’ on ‘mission mode’

The latest directive from the L-G’s office comes after the Mumbai Police on Sunday said it had arrested a Bangladeshi national, identified as Mohammad Shariful Islam (30), for allegedly breaking into actor Saif Ali Khan’s Bandra home last week and stabbing him multiple times amid a robbery bid.

The L-G “has taken note of the grave criminal incident involving a high profile Bollywood actor in Mumbai, wherein a Bangladeshi national was involved in a house break and criminal assault. It has been widely reported that the concerned individual was living under an assumed identity and was working at a restaurant,” read the statement from his office.

According to officials, Islam had changed his name to Vijay Das after entering India. “Initially, he was working at a hotel in Thane after coming to Mumbai about six months ago… He was recently looking for work as he had left that job about a fortnight back,” a police officer had told The Indian Express.

The Delhi L-G, in his order, has also expressed concern regarding the presence of illegal immigrants in Delhi, stating that their “involvement in criminal activities in Delhi cannot be ruled out.” “Such illegal immigrants are often employed by shopkeepers and other residents as workers/house help at far lower wages than the prescribed minimum wages, thereby depressing local labour markets,” the directive further read.

Many of these “illegal immigrants”, the L-G’s order read, are employed without proper verification, sometimes using forged documents like Aadhaar, voter ID, and ration cards, “facilitated by organised syndicates and vested interest groups which facilitate the settlement of such immigrants,” it said.