Overview

• A special Indian Air Force flight carried about 250 Bangladesh nationals from Vadodara to Dhaka on July 3, with detainees bound by ropes under strict security at the Air Force station.
• Gujarat officials say this latest removal brings the state’s total deportations of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants to over 1,200 since May.
• The crackdown unites intelligence-led police raids, Border Security Force handovers and military support to detain and repatriate migrants across multiple states.
• Investigations during the campaign have exposed cross-border networks forging fake PAN and Aadhaar cards to enable illegal stays.
• Bangladesh’s government has lodged formal protests over the removals, raising concerns about due-process violations and alleged unlawful pushbacks.