BUREAU of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested in Bacolod City an Indian-Nepalese national tagged as a ranking leader of a separatist terror group in his country.
Joginder Geong, 41, was cornered inside his residence in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod by operatives from the BI's fugitive section.
The suspect allegedly used several aliases including Joginder Geyong and Kanta Gupta.
BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Geong was arrested at the request of the Indian government for alleged involvement in criminal activities and terrorism in their country.
“Indian authorities have described him as a notorious criminal with a history of serious offenses including murder, extortion, and robbery,” Tansingco said.
Suspected of heading an organized crime syndicate, Geong was sentenced to life imprisonment for firearms possession cases in India. He is also believed to have links to the Khalistani terror group.
"He will be deported for being an undesirable, undocumented, and illegally staying alien whose presence here amounts to a blatant violation of our immigration laws,” Tansingco said.
Geong is now detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending deportation proceedings.
