Illegally staying Indian nationals deported

We requested the mission order after our office received complaints alleging that the couple was engaged in usurious lending activities

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday it will be deporting two Indian nationals recently arrested in Caloocan City for illegally staying in the country.

BI Acting Intelligence chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. identified the two as Kuldeep Singh, 42, and his common-law wife Manjeet Kaur, 49.

Manahan said the couple was arrested at their residence at Grace Park, Caloocan City last 30 August, with the arresting officers armed with a mission order issued by Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente.

“We requested the mission order after our office received complaints alleging that the couple was engaged in usurious lending activities that prey on small Filipino traders and other residents of the city,” He added.

According to BI Intelligence Officer Jude Hinolan, who led the arresting team, Singh resorted to “marriage for convenience” by faking his marriage to a Filipino citizen, which enabled him to acquire resident status in the country.

Singh allegedly presented a marriage certificate purporting that he is married to a certain Filipina, but the latter was neither present or could not be located when the BI agents went to his house.

“We suspect that the spouse named in his marriage certificate is fictitious as he could not pinpoint her whereabouts. Instead, we discovered that he was living with an Indian woman who turned out to be undocumented as she failed to show any document proving she is legally staying in the country,” Hinolan said.

The couple was brought to the BI Detention Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City where they are confined while undergoing deportation proceedings.