Overview
- Police raided a scrap dealer’s shop in Eroor and arrested six men whom officers identified by name as part of the operation.
- Officers recovered identity cards and other papers that they say were forged and registered cases under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 and forgery provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Police said the detainees admitted to being Bangladeshi nationals who had been working in Kochi for months and were taken to Hill Palace police station for questioning by police and intelligence teams.
- A detailed probe has been opened to trace the travel routes the men used to reach Kerala and to identify any facilitators or networks that assisted them.
- The arrests come after other recent detentions in Ernakulam this month and point to an increased local focus on undocumented foreign workers found in low‑wage informal sectors.