Dehradun, March 29 Two women from Uzbekistan and one from Kyrgyzstan were arrested on Sunday for allegedly staying in the area with fake Indian documents, police said.
Police said that the women were arrested from the Raipur area as part of "Operation Crackdown", which is being conducted to search for outsiders and suspicious individuals in the state.
According to police, the three women – Erica (29) from Kyrgyzstan, Karina (30), and Nigora Neem (32) from Uzbekistan – were living in an apartment in Sai Complex and possessed fake Indian documents.
During interrogation, Erica revealed that she had come to India in 2023 on a one-year visa but did not return to her country after it expired. Karina and Nigora also revealed that they entered India illegally by crossing the Nepal border in 2022 and 2023.
They all met in Delhi and obtained their fake Indian documents through an acquaintance.
During the search, one passport, three Aadhar cards, two PAN cards, one identity card of Kyrgyzstan, one photocopy of an Aadhar card, two bank passbooks, seven mobile phones, and five foreign currency notes were also recovered from their possession, police said.
Nigora was previously arrested by the Bihar Police and sent to jail for staying in India illegally based on fake documents, but even after being released on bail, she continued to stay instead of returning to her native country.
For the last six-seven months, all three have been living in different places in Dehradun, police added.
A case has been registered against them at the Raipur police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025.
Police said that they have also received information about the people who helped them in making the fake Indian documents, and action will be taken against them.