The Delhi Police have expelled 12 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who reside in the national capital without any valid documents, an official said.
In an effort to deal with increasing concerns over unauthorized migrants, particularly Bangladeshi nationals, in the capital, the Delhi Police have been undertaking several targeted operations, including verification drives and joint inspections across the South-East district.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East Delhi), Ravi Kumar Singh, has said that a police team in the district is continuously searching for illegal Bangladeshi nationals. The Delhi police team has so far arrested 12 Bangladeshi nationals illegally residing in the national capital."
After searching almost 1,200 people, 12 illegal Bangladeshis were caught and the Delhi Police have lodged them in detention camps. The search operation by Delhi Police is still on, said DCP Singh.
Two weeks after the LG Secretariat declared that it would start a special drive to locate and deport all unauthorised and illegal immigrants in the city, the South-West Delhi Police issued the first official deportation order.
To prevent the surge influx of Bangladeshis especially in the aftermath of being outvoted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August a special squad consisting of officials from various local police stations and other special forces are deployed, which have searched the people thoroughly to gain intelligence over the unduly immigrated illegal immigrants.
During the verification drive, the team conducted door-to-door verifications nearly 400 families were verified, and their documents were collected. Besides, verification forms were sent to their respective addresses in West Bengal for verification. A special team was also constituted and was sent to West Bengal for doing manual verification of suspects.
During the drive, the eight Bangladeshi nationals were identified, arrested and deported through the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO). Out of the ones deported, Bangladeshi national, Samsul Seikh, confessed that he left his residence in Dhaka and entered India undetected through dense forests. After a brief stay in India, he went back to Bangladesh and brought his wife Parina Begam along with their six children.
On further investigation, the police found that they were Bangladeshis and had even torn up their Bangladeshi IDs to avoid detection.
This verification drive is the latest effort to identify and deport more illegal migrants from Delhi in the coming days.
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