Overview

• Three Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Ahilyanagar on June 27 after military intelligence tipped off police to their use of forged Aadhaar and PAN cards while working at a Pokhardi construction site.
• MIDC Police in Mumbai and Pune detained seven more Bangladeshi migrants, including six women, during raids targeting a suspected trafficking ring led by Bayazid Ayub Sheikh.
• Authorities have seized forged Aadhaar and PAN cards and registered FIRs to probe links to larger forgery rackets and anti-national elements.
• Interrogations are under way to identify additional network members and uncover labour exploitation and forced prostitution operations.
• Deportation proceedings have been initiated for all detainees as part of a broader national crackdown on undocumented Bangladeshi migrants.