In a large-scale crackdown across Gujarat, more than 550 Bangladeshi nationals were detained in Ahmedabad and Surat for living in India using forged documents, the state police said on Saturday. Officials confirmed that deportation procedures will commence after verification and interrogation are completed.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (SOG) Rajdeep Singh Nakum stated that the Surat detentions followed intelligence inputs and that the individuals would be deported following verification and interrogation. “They had entered India illegally and were living with forged documents. After the investigation, they will be deported to Bangladesh,” he said.

Around the same time, a major early morning operation in Ahmedabad resulted in the detention of more than 450 suspected illegal immigrants. Teams from the Crime Branch, SOG, Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Zone 6, and other units conducted the sweep.