In a significant crackdown, Nashik Police have arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals after a team from the Central Crime Branch raided a construction site acting on confidential information, said police.
In a series of independent and joint operations, since January 26, the Border Security Force (BSF) Tripura Frontier has apprehended 14 Bangladeshi nationals and two Indian touts involved in illegal cross-border activities along the India-Bangladesh border.
Mumbai's Versova police arrested two Bangladeshi citizens for illegally entering India and residing in Mumbai, officials said on Friday. Fake documents were also recovered from them.
Border Security Force (BSF) and several other security agencies in a joint operation foiled an infiltration attempt by apprehending two Bangladeshi nationals in Agartala.
The swift action came following a specific intelligence tip-off that led to a thorough search operation in the East Jaintia Hills region along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
He further accused the BJP of raising the "Bangladeshi issue" each time before elections and said that the responsibility lies with Union Home Minister Amit Shah if there was an influx of Bangladeshi nationals in Mumbai.
"In June and July 2024, RPF apprehended 88 Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in areas under the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). Some of these individuals confessed to entering India illegally and were intercepted while travelling by train to destinations such as Kolkata," as per the minist
Amid chaos over the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan, Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe Patil on Sunday questioned Centre over the alleged influx of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals coming to Maharashtra. He said that it was the commoners who were bearing the brunt of the same.
"The four Bangladeshi nationals were attempting to cross into India illegally when they were intercepted by the BSF troops. During preliminary questioning, it was revealed that the individuals were planning to settle in India and had sought the assistance of the three Indian nationals to fac