Ahmedabad: 290 allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants detained, being interrogated

The Ahmedabad Police on Wednesday said that they had detained more than 290 alleged undocumented Bangladeshi migrants for interrogation, Gujarat Samachar reported.

While 131 persons were apprehended, 160 others were being interrogated by the police, ANI reported.

The police carried out searches and verifications in Chandola, Gulabnagar and Khodiyarnagar areas of Ahmedabad on Tuesday night, the news agency quoted the Joint Commissioner of Police Sharad Singhal as saying. The searches were conducted following intelligence inputs.

The police teams checked the documents of the persons, verified their identity and conducted preliminary inquiries to determine whether they had documents permitting them to be in India, Gujarat Samachar reported.

The authorities were also examining whether the documents such as Aadhaar cards and voter identity cards have been forged, the newspaper reported.

#WATCH | Gujarat | Visuals from Ahmedabad Crime Branch.

In a late-night crackdown last night, Ahmedabad Police and the Crime Branch took over 290 suspected illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators into police custody.

According to crime branch officials, a total of 131 individuals… pic.twitter.com/enID9UkG6q— ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2026

Since the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam in April 2025, the police in several states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party have been detaining Bengali-speaking persons – mostly Muslims – and asking them to prove that they are Indian citizens.

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