The Anand district police on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old Malawi nationwide for allegedly overstaying his pupil visa that expired in August 2024.
The accused who has been recognized as Chinula Abel was arrested from Chandkheda space in Ahmedabad on Friday night, mentioned the police. The case got here to gentle when the Particular Operations Group (SOG) of the Anand district police was verifying the credentials of overseas nationals within the district.
In response to the police, the SOG lodged an FIR at Mahelav police station in opposition to Abel, who was finding out at a personal college positioned in Changa space of the district, after it got here to gentle that his pupil visa had expired in August 2024 however he was “but to depart the nation”.
Pramod Diyora, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Petlad taluka, below whose jurisdiction Mahelav police station is positioned, mentioned, “The SOG discovered that the East African pupil had not left the nation after the expiry of his authorized pupil visa… The identical truth was verified by the police by contacting the Embassy and thereafter, a search was launched for him.”
GS Gadhvi, Sub-Inspector of Mahelav police station, mentioned that Abel was discovered dwelling in Chandkheda in Ahmedabad and has been formally arrested.
In response to the police, the Malawi nationwide had a legitimate pupil visa from August 2022 to August 2024, following which he “must have returned to his nation”. The police will now examine what he was doing in Ahmedabad after his visa expired, mentioned the officers. ENS
