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Meghalaya has deported 194 Bangladeshi nationals retired of 658 prosecuted since 2021 arsenic portion of a thrust against amerciable migration, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told the 60-member Assembly connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
Mr. Tynsong, who holds the Home (Police) portfolio, tabled the information and elaborate the State’s enforcement strategy portion responding to a telephone attraction announcement moved by Heaving Stone Kharpran, an MLA of the Voice of the People Party.
He said enactment was taken against Bangladeshi nationals who entered Meghalaya illegally betwixt 2021 and February 3 nether applicable ineligible provisions. “The 194 were deported aft they completed their sentences, and question permits were secured from the Bangladeshi authorities,” helium added.
Mr. Tynsong outlined a “multi-layered mechanism” enactment successful spot to cheque infiltration, a delicate contented successful Meghalaya and the wider northeastern region. These (the measures) see 18 cheque posts, introduction gates, and a onshore customs presumption on susceptible stretches of the State’s borderline with Assam and Bangladesh.
Meghalaya shares a 443-km borderline with Bangladesh, of which 76 km remains unfenced.
The House was besides informed that a State-level monitoring committee oversees the implementation of anti- infiltration measures. Action is taken nether applicable provisions of the Meghalaya Resident Safety and Security Act of 2016, the Immigration and Foreigners’ Act of 2025, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Mr. Tynsong said.
