Gurugram police arrest 13 illegal Bangladeshi nationals

way2barak, June 17: Thirteen allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi migrants were detained in Gurugram on Tuesday.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Naveen Sharma told reporters that the crime branch team had carried out checks after receiving inputs “in view of national security and law enforcement”.

The persons had been residing in several areas of Gurugram, Sharma added.

“Some were living in slums, while others were working at construction sites,” the police officer as saying. “Our team conducted a thorough interrogation and search operation to detain these 13 persons.”

The police alleged that the persons had Bangladeshi identity documents and “were found calling Bangladeshi phone numbers to contact their families residing there”.

Steps were being taken to deport them, he added. They will be detained at a centre while the legal process is completed.