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Bangladeshi infiltrators

News Reports

Advocate Sanjay Hegde lashes out at West Bengal govt for ‘detect, delete and deport’ policy: Read how illegal immigrants are not just unwelcome guests...

Aditi - 6 June, 2026

Be it Bangladeshis or Rohingyas or any other people from our neighbourhood, India cannot be used as a convenient backup for people who failed to make their countries worth living in.

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Gujarat cracks down on illegal immigration: 166 Bangladeshi nationals among 290 detained

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2026

Additionally, the police found financial trails extending beyond Gujarat, routed to Bangladesh.

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20 lakh Bangladeshi infiltrators in Karnataka, majority have fake Indian documents: Hindu groups launch protest in Hubballi, accuse authorities of negligence in verification

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2026

"There must be proper investigation because fake documents are being widely misused," Pramod Muthalik outlined.

News Reports

Gave money to middlemen networks, used patrolling gap, TMC helped in procuring documents: How illegal immigrants from Bangladesh entered India through West Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2026

"Sometimes you have to wait the whole night for a chance to cross. Sometimes it happens within 10 minutes," a Bangladeshi revealed.

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‘Detect, Delete, Deport’: Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants once shielded by political patronage in Bengal now forced to return home

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2026

An illegal Bangladeshi immigrant Mafuza Khatun claims to have voted multiple times in local elections in West Bengal.

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Detect–Delete–Deport explained: As Bangladeshi infiltrators queue up at BSF posts on border, read how the Suvendu Adhikari govt plans to enforce the immigration laws...

Aditi - 27 May, 2026

Over the year, the security agencies raised concerns about illegal immigrants being involved in human trafficking networks, cattle smuggling, and criminal syndicates.

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West Bengal: Bangladeshis gather at border to return after BJP govt launches “3D policy”, say TMC helped them get documents, gave govt benefits, and...

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2026

Days after coming to power, the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in West Bengal has announced immediate action against illegal immigrants, mostly from Bangladesh. The...

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: FIR filed against Bangladeshi citizen Arf Badshi living illegally as Arup Bakshi in Lucknow; Indian passport and Aadhaar made using fake documents

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2026

FIR was filed against a Bangladeshi citizen living illegally after an investigation revealed his Indian passport and Aadhaar were made using fake documents.

Crime

Tripura: Two Bangladeshi smugglers killed in pellet firing by BSF after over a dozen smugglers attacked the BSF team, bodies handed over to BGB

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2026

Two Bangladeshi smugglers were reportedly killed in Tripura’s Sepahijala district on Saturday night (9th May) during a confrontation with the Border Security Force (BSF)...

Crime