Eighteen Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in Delhi have been apprehended. Five of those detained had been living in the national capital disguised as transgender, police said on Saturday.
The Delhi Police have detained 88 Bangladeshi nationals as a part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration from the southwest of the city. All the immigrants have been residing in the country without valid documentation, it said on Tuesday.
In a breakthrough, the Delhi Police detained eight more illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in different locations of the city, authorities said on Thursday.
The individual has been identified as 40-year-old Afazuddin Gazi, alias Gazi, a resident of village Saigura, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Kerala Police have arrested 27 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from North Paravur near Ernakulam on Thursday night.
Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena on Tuesday wrote to Chief Secretary and Police Commissioner asking for initiating strict action against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the national capital.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his party’s stance on the contentious National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam at a rally in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan on Saturday.
The MLA said illegal immigrants from Bangladesh had settled in Assam as part of a "conspiracy to destroy India".
