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Delhi Police Detains 66 Bangladeshi Nationals in North West Delhi Crackdown

The FRRO is finalizing deportation formalities for the families after an intelligence-led combing operation in Wazirpur JJ Colony followed by New Subzi Mandi

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Overview

  • On June 6, the North West District Foreigner Cell detained 66 Bangladeshi nationals in informal settlements based on specific intelligence inputs
  • The group comprised 11 families with 20 men, 16 women and 30 children living without valid visas in the capital
  • Police traced the migrants to Nuh in Haryana where they had been employed in brick kilns before moving to Delhi amid increased enforcement
  • To elude detection, the families split into smaller cells and hid mobile phones along with identity documents in densely populated areas
  • This operation forms part of a broader nationwide push by multiple agencies to target undocumented migrants, including probes into forged documents and trafficking networks