Complex sentence: Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook in an Indian hotel owned by an NRI Badri, but to stay on, he needs to get a legal work permit as the immigration police are on his heels.
Split into simpler sentences: Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook in an Indian hotel owned by an NRI Badri. To stay on, he needs to get a work permit as the immigration police are on his heels.