Bangladeshi

The Special Intensive Revision and the fall of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government have brought the massive underground network facilitating illegal border...

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

CM Adhikari slammed the previous TMC government in the state for failing to implement the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in May 2025, directing the states to identify and transfer illegal infiltrators to the BSF

The Bangladeshi women are considered to be members of a larger local network and had been in the city for about a month.

Sources said the latest case came to light after a resident reported two suspicious women living near Raiya Chowkdi through a dedicated police helpline.

Pakistanis had the highest number of asylum claims based on sexual orientation in 2023, followed by Bangladeshis.

Police also informed that the gang depended on a network of local contacts and relatives in India to identify targets with large amounts of cash and gold.

According to the UNHCR, the Malaysia-bound trawler, which had departed from Bangladesh, "reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding.”

Mehdi is said to be a 'student coordinator' from Habiganj district in Bangladesh. He has been accused of the killing of Sub-Inspector Santosh Chowdhury, who was attacked by a mob on 5th August, 2024.