Kolkata, Bangladeshi mannequin and actress Shanta Pal allegedly used faux Indian paperwork to collectively buy properties within the southern a part of town alongside along with her live-in accomplice, a police officer mentioned on Friday.
Pal was arrested earlier this week, with faux Indian paperwork like Aadhaar card, ration card.
Police are verifying the small print of the property transaction, the officer mentioned.
Preliminary probe revealed that Pal allegedly used faux paperwork and entered right into a “digital marriage” with the person, hailing from Andhra Pradesh.
She arrived in Kolkata in 2023 from Barisal, Bangladesh, utilizing her Bangladeshi passport.
“She introduced alongside her buddy and alleged accomplice, Ashraf, a resident of Andhra Pradesh, who works within the service provider navy.
“The duo rented an house in Park Avenue and later moved to Golf Inexperienced, the place they started dwelling collectively. Shanta reportedly saved Ashraf’s passport in her possession. With the assistance of an area agent she allegedly cast a number of Indian identification paperwork, together with ration card, Aadhaar card, voter ID, and PAN card,” the officer mentioned.
She obtained a faux Aadhaar card, falsely claiming to be a resident of Gopalpur, Barshul in Burdwan, and later procured one other underneath her Golf Inexperienced tackle.
“Utilizing each her and Ashraf’s paperwork, they allegedly bought properties in Kolkata,” police mentioned.
Additional investigation revealed that Shanta had represented Bangladesh within the Indo-Bangla Magnificence Pageant in 2016, and in 2019, she went on to grow to be Miss Asia International.
“Following her success in modelling, she started her appearing profession earlier than ultimately becoming a member of a Bangladeshi airline,” he mentioned.
Police are cross-checking her skilled background as a part of the continued investigation into alleged identification fraud and property acquisition in India.
Within the final two years, Shanta acted in Tamil and Bengali movies, and even signed an Odia movie, the officer mentioned.
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