Overview
- Crime Branch units conducted coordinated operations on Sunday to detain the suspects from Colaba, Dharavi and nearby Fort areas.
- Officials report the men entered India between 2015 and 2019 on medical visas after initially landing in Delhi.
- The group allegedly lived under assumed names using forged voter cards and local address proofs to remain in Mumbai.
- Investigators are interrogating the detainees to learn how the documents were procured and to check for a wider facilitation network.
- Police identified the men by name and Afghan origins in Kandahar, Kabul and Zabul, and said legal steps for their return have begun.