Mangaluru police team to take 21 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to Malda on Sunday
Mangaluru police are escorting 21 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to a holding center in Malda, West Bengal. The individuals were found residing in the city using forged documents and working at construction sites.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing challenges regarding illegal immigration, document forgery, and the strain on detention infrastructure in India.
A team of police personnel from Mangaluru city will escort 21 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to Malda in West Bengal on Sunday.
In a drive held across the city recently, the Mangaluru police found the 21 Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in the city using fake Aadhaar cards and other forged documents. They were found residing in Surathkal, Kodikal, near Karnataka Polytechnic, and in Moodibidri. A majority of them worked at construction sites. Getting wind of the raids, some Bangladesh nationals fled the city.
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