Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Bangladesh National Arrested Aboard Delhi-Bound Train in Mirzapur
Officials arrested a 23-year-old man from Bangladesh on a train in Mirzapur.
His name is Riyaz Ahmed.
He was travelling toward Delhi on the Brahmaputra Mail.
Officials said he wanted to travel onward to Kashmir.
He was riding in an air-conditioned coach without a valid ticket.
He also did not have a passport, visa, or other document allowing him to enter India.
The Railway Protection Force handed him over to the Government Railway Police.
A case was registered, and several intelligence agencies were informed.
Railway Protection Force personnel arrested 23-year-old Riyaz Ahmed at Mirzapur station on Saturday night.
Ahmed, a Bangladesh national from Habiganj, was travelling without a valid ticket in an air-conditioned coach.
Officials said he was headed to Delhi and allegedly intended to travel onward to Kashmir.
He was found without a passport, visa, or other document permitting entry into India.
Ahmed was handed over to the Government Railway Police, while intelligence agencies were alerted.
- Who
- Riyaz Ahmed, a 23-year-old Bangladesh national from Habiganj.
- What
- He was arrested while travelling without a ticket and without documents permitting entry into India.
- When
- Saturday night; officials reported the arrest on Sunday, August 23.
- Where
- Mirzapur railway station in Uttar Pradesh, aboard the Brahmaputra Mail.
- Why
- Officials said he was headed for Delhi and intended to travel to Kashmir, but had no valid passport, visa, or other entry document.
- Accused
- Riyaz Ahmed, aged 23
- Nationality
- Bangladesh
- Arrest location
- Mirzapur railway station, Uttar Pradesh
- Train
- Brahmaputra Mail, travelling between Kamakhya and Delhi
- Travel violations
- No valid ticket, passport, visa, or other document permitting entry into India
- Case status
- Handed over to Mirzapur Government Railway Police and booked in a case
- Further action
- Medical examination followed by possible lodging in jail; intelligence agencies were informed