Over 1,000 illegal Bangladeshi detained in Ahmedabad, Surat

In Gujarat, more than 1,000 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, including women and children, were detained following combing operations in Ahmedabad and Surat, and efforts were underway for their deportation, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi said on Saturday. At least 890 Bangladeshis were detained in Ahmedabad and 134 in Surat, in what the minister termed as the biggest operation of its kind by the Gujarat police to date. Sanghavi warned illegal immigrants residing in Gujarat to surrender before the police on their own accord, or else they will be nabbed and deported.
This is the biggest operation of the Gujarat Police against people living illegally in the state. He said the detainees used fake documents obtained from West Bengal to stay in different parts of India before coming to Gujarat. "We will also investigate fake documents they used to reach different parts of the country and Gujarat, and action will be taken against those who created the fake documents," he added.

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Talking to the media in Ahmedabad, Director General of Police Vikas Sahay said the detainees were being questioned, and their nationality was being established based on documentary and other evidence. "Once the police establish that they are Bangladeshi nationals, the process of their deportation will be carried out at the earliest in coordination with the Central government and Border Security Force ," he said.

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Sahay said the operation was conducted simultaneously in Ahmedabad and Surat on Saturday.

(State Correspondent)