SHILLONG: Police on Wednesday filed the chargesheet before the ADM Court in connection with the investigation into the alleged illegal entry of Bangladesh National party (BNP) leader Salahuddin Ahmed.
The Bangladeshi politician has been chargesheeted under Section 14 of the Foreigners’ Act for entering the country without any valid documents.
Police said that the accused under the act can be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
The BNP spokesperson was found ‘loitering aimlessly’ in Golf Link area of the city after which the police picked him and charged him under the Foreigners Act on May 12.
Last week, Ahmed was remanded to 14 days judicial custody by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate KM Lyngdoh Nongbri.
Even as he is serving a provisional jail term at the Shillong District Jail here, Ahmed is currently admitted at NEIGRIHMS.
