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18 Bangladeshi nationals held in two localities for illegal stay
New Delhi: As many as 18 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were apprehended from two separate locations in Delhi recently.
On May 30, a police team from Shahdara district intercepted 16 illegal immigrants near the UP-Delhi border in Shaheed Nagar.
"The group was allegedly attempting to enter Seemapuri illegally on foot without valid travel documents.
Following initial verification and surveillance, the team apprehended the group members," DCP (Shahdara) Prashant Priya Gautam said. The detainees said that they illegally crossed the India-Bangladesh border nearly two decades ago. They initially entered Cooch Behar in West Bengal, later moved to Delhi by train, and since then lived in the rural outskirts of Haryana, working in brick kilns.
"They were attempting to return to Delhi in search of better work opportunities when they were caught. All 16 were handed over to the FRRO for deportation proceedings," the officer added. A day earlier,
Delhi Police
's Crime Branch detained two Bagladeshi nationals from Village Mandawali in east Delhi. They were identified as Mamun Khan (30) and his wife Mau Khan (24). TNN
