Over 400 Detained In Ahmedabad During Crackdown Against Illegal Immigrants

The combing operation was carried out jointly by the Ahmedabad crime branch, special operations group, economic offences wing, and police personnel from Zone 6, and police headquarters.

More than 400 illegal immigrants have been detained in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.

Source : X@ANI

More than 400 people were detained in Gujarat's Ahmedabad for allegedly residing illegally in the city during a crackdown against illegal immigrants. The detentions were made after a combing operation in different parts of the city on Saturday. 

The operation was carried out in different localities in the wee hours of Saturday, during which foreign immigrants residing illegally in the city were rounded up, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Branch Ajit Rajian.

Most of them are said to be from Bangladesh, news agency PTI reported citing police. 

Rajian said the operation was carried out jointly by the Ahmedabad crime branch, special operations group, economic offences wing, and police personnel from Zone 6, and police headquarters.

"This morning, starting from 3 am, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, organised a combing operation to apprehend foreign immigrants residing illegally in Ahmedabad city," news agency ANI quoted the DCP as saying.

#WATCH | Ahmedabad, Gujarat: This morning, starting from 3 am, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, along with teams from the SOG, EOW, Zone 6, and Headquarters, organised a combing operation to apprehend foreign immigrants residing illegally in Ahmedabad city. During this operation, more… pic.twitter.com/lYXvQiz0VV

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The DCP said that the detained immigrants are being interrogated, and will be deported if found without valid documents.

The detainees have been kept at Kankaria football ground for further action, the DCP said.

Meanwhile, security has been intensified along the Gujarat coast and local police have been put on alert mode following the terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam town.

Besides this, security has been enhanced at prominent religious sites like  Somnath Temple, Dwarkadhish Temple, and Ambaji Temple, visited by thousands of devotees everyday, government officials said on Thursday.

Terrorists struck at a famous tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 26 persons, mostly tourists. Three of the deceased hailed from Gujarat.

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