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About 17 migrant labourers from West Bengal were questioned by the constabulary successful Madhya Pradesh’s Indore connected December 29 aft immoderate locals complained and alleged that they were Bangladeshi nationals illegally residing successful the city, officers said.
According to the police, a ailment was received astatine the Malharganj constabulary presumption from immoderate residents of Kamla Nagar country alleging that a radical of workers astatine a cloth mill were amerciable Bangladeshi immigrants.
Krishna Lalchandani, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Indore Zone 1, told The Hindu that the workers were fto spell aft basal questioning and the constabulary are presently verifying their individuality documents.
“Most of the workers person documents from Purba Medinipur territory portion immoderate are from adjacent Kolkata. We are verifying their documents and nationality. Nobody has been detained,” Mr. Lalchandani said.
The DCP besides said that the constabulary volition soon interaction authorities successful West Bengal. “If needed, we volition nonstop immoderate officers determination too,” helium added.
Malharganj presumption in-charge Vedendra Kushwaha said that the labourers person been moving successful Indore for astir 5 years.
The complainants besides included section workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party, including Chandan Singh Bais, president of a section BJP mandal.
The BJP workers said that they came crossed the migrants during a survey for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
