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The Gujarat Police detained 362 undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants and questioned much than 782 suspected overseas nationals during a State-wide crackdown nether “Operation Delta Hunt” launched connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026) nighttime and continued into aboriginal Wednesday.
The improvement comes days aft Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced successful Gandhinagar that amerciable infiltrators would beryllium identified and deported.
The cognition was carried retired crossed Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara and respective different parts of the State. Officials said it is an ongoing cognition with much raids successful the offing. According to the State government, those detained truthful acold see 103 men, 188 women and 71 children.
In Ahmedabad alone, astir 300 suspected Bangladeshi nationals were rounded up during the drive. Of them, 155 person truthful acold been confirmed arsenic Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally successful India, including 41 men, 95 women and 30 children. Surat accounted for 84 detentions, followed by Ahmedabad Rural with 34, East Kutch-Gandhidham with 13 and Bharuch with 12.
Speaking to The Hindu, Ahmedabad Crime Branch Joint Commissioner of Police Sharad Singhal said the cognition was planned pursuing a high-level gathering chaired by Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, during which officials reviewed inputs regarding amerciable Bangladeshi migration into Gujarat.
Police said much than 30 teams comprising unit from the Crime Branch, the Special Operations Group (SOG) and section constabulary stations successful Naroda, Danilimda, Vatva, Vatva GIDC and Juhapura were deployed.
They said respective detained women were allegedly moving successful spas, portion galore of the men were employed arsenic labourers oregon progressive successful rag-picking. Some were recovered to person entered India lone a fewer months ago, portion others had allegedly been residing successful the State for respective years.
Preliminary investigations revealed that immoderate detainees had fraudulently obtained Aadhaar cards and different individuality documents.
“Interrogations are underway to find however they managed to get these documents, however wealth was transferred, what benignant of enactment they were engaged in, and the routes utilized to participate the state illegally,” officials said.
Authorities said the detained individuals would beryllium shifted to the Joint Integration Centre successful Naroda, pursuing which deportation proceedings would beryllium initiated arsenic per established protocols.
‘Zero tolerance’
Mr. Sanghavi said the cognition reflected the State government’s “zero tolerance” argumentation towards amerciable migration and threats to nationalist security. “Every infiltrator residing illegally successful Gujarat volition beryllium identified, proceeded against nether the instrumentality and sent backmost to Bangladesh,” helium said.
The Minister added that the constabulary are besides probing section agents and facilitators allegedly progressive successful providing accommodation, jobs, SIM cards and forged individuality documents, including Aadhaar and elector IDs. “Those who person aided amerciable enactment oregon forged documentation volition look strict ineligible action,” helium said.
The cognition was coordinated, with simultaneous raids crossed cities and checkpoints acceptable up astatine autobus stations, railway stations, highways and cardinal exit routes to forestall flight attempts. Officials said astir 18 suspected infiltrators trying to fly were intercepted during the operation.
Investigators person besides recovered that immoderate detainees entered India via West Bengal years agone and aboriginal obtained section documents done intermediaries earlier securing authoritative individuality papers. The wider web down this is nether investigation.
Director General of Police Dr K.L.N. Rao said the cognition was driven by method quality and tract verification. Telecom analysis, supported by the Cyber Centre of Excellence, helped make a database of Indian mobile numbers that had communicated with Bangladeshi numbers.
This led to the recognition of much than 6,200 suspected individuals, enabling tract units to instrumentality coordinated enactment against amerciable networks, helium said.
Officials said the Operation Delta Hunt volition proceed crossed Gujarat successful the coming days, with further verification, detentions and deportation proceedings expected. They said the Ahmedabad constabulary had deported 465 Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally successful the metropolis past year.
