Intensifying its drive against illegal immigrants in the national Capital following Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena’s orders, the Delhi Police has deported 17 Bangladeshi nationals who were residing in the south and southwest districts of the national capital.
On Sunday, the Delhi Police claimed to deport 15 Bangladeshi nationals illegally residing in the national Capital illegally. The police also arrested five such illegal immigrants in the south district.
In Southwest district, the police claimed that they deported eight such immigrants residing in Rangpuri area. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Surendra Choudhary said, “Those deported are Jahangir, his wife Parina Begam and their six children including four sons and two daughters, hailing from Kekerhat village in Madaripur district of Bangladesh.”
According to police, Jahangir admitted to entering India through unofficial routes and subsequently, bringing his family over. They had destroyed their Bangladeshi identification documents and were living in Delhi while concealing their original identities.
“A team from the Vasant Kunj South police station was tasked to identify illegal immigrants. As part of the intensified efforts to address concerns about unauthorised migrants, police conducted door-to-door verifications of 400 families in Rangpuri,” Choudhary said.
He added that verification forms were sent to the addresses of suspected individuals in West Bengal and a special team was dispatched to manually verify their documents.
During the verification drive, the team identified Jahangir and his family, who confessed to their Bangladeshi origins during questioning, the DCP said, adding that the deportation process was carried out in coordination with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO).
“In South district, the police traced illegal Bangladeshi migrants namely Mohd. Umor Faruk, Riyaj Miyan alias Remon Khan and five women in Fateh Pur Beri, who were deported as per procedure,” DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan said.
He added that in pursuance of the orders of Delhi LG, our teams have been conducting random verification drives in certain areas like slums, labor camps, and unauthorized colonies where illegal migrants are likely to be present.
“On Saturday, a specific input regarding the stay of illegal migrants was received. Immediately, the information was further developed and local enquiry of the area was conducted. A raid was conducted and seven illegal immigrants of Bangladesh were apprehended near Arjan Garh Metro Station in the jurisdiction of Fateh Pur Beri police station,” the DCP said.
The officer said that all the illegal immigrants were produced at the office of FRRO, R.K. Puram and after completion of necessary documentation they were detained at the Centre at Inderlok.
On Saturday, the police deported a 50 year old man, a native of Shibchar District in Madaripur in Bangladesh. The individual had previously resided illegally in Dholak Basti of Yamuna Pusta in Delhi from 1990 to 2004 before being deported to Bangladesh in 2004. He re-entered India illegally via Benapole -Petrapole border in 2022 and had been residing in Delhi since then.
Earlier, on Friday, the Delhi Police deported an illegal Bangladeshi migrant who unlawfully stayed in different areas for the last six years. The 28-year-old woman stayed in Delhi and Mumbai in violation of the Foreigners Act, police had said.
The city police launched a drive to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the capital, after the LG Secretariat ordered a crackdown on such people this month.
Teams from various police stations are visiting slums and the Kalindi Kunj, Shaheen Bagh, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Jamia Nagar areas to check voter IDs and Aadhaar cards for identifying suspected Bangladeshi immigrants.
The LG Secretariat directed the Delhi chief secretary and police chief to launch a two-month special drive to identify and take strict action against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the city.
