Only 1 Nigerian out of 52 arrested last month had passport: Goa police

Panaji: Goa police today said that of the 52 Nigerians who were arrested for staging a violent protest on the national highway in the state last month, only one could produce a valid passport. As many as 38 had no passports at all. Of the rest, some did not have original passports but produced photocopies, police said. [caption id=“attachment_1219597” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Videograb of the violence after the Nigerian citizen’s death in Goa. IBNLive. [/caption] One of them had a “permit” to stay in India (but no passport). All of them were arrested on September 31 after they staged a blockade on the highway to protest murder of a fellow Nigerian. The arrests sparked off a diplomatic row between and India and Nigeria. In the aftermath, Goa government formed a special cell to crack down on the foreigners living illegally in the state. PTI