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- Assam Police and the Government Railway Police detained 27 Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly entering the state illegally, in operations at Guwahati and Rangia on Wednesday.
- Twelve of the detainees were picked up at the ASTC campus in Guwahati's Paltan Bazar, while 15 were identified and detained on the moving Jammu Tawi Express and handed over at Bongaigaon Railway Station.
- The detained individuals included men, women and minors from Bangladeshi districts including Dhaka, Sunamganj, Gopalganj, Bagherhat, Khulna and Mymensingh.
- The detainees told police they had entered India through a secret route in Meghalaya with help from a racket that charged them money.
- The border department has begun the process of sending the detainees back to Bangladesh under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, by seeking expulsion orders from deputy commissioners.
What to watch next
- Whether the concerned deputy commissioner issues expulsion orders for all 27 detainees.
- Police findings on the route the group used to enter Assam and their intended destinations.
- Action against the racket that allegedly helped them enter India through Meghalaya for money.
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Kulendra Nath Deka
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“We immediately informed the GRP at Rangia but the train had left the station by that time. The GRP identified and detained them on the moving train and they were handed over to us at Bongaigaon Railway Station”
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…Paltan Bazar area on Wednesday. He said that during questioning, the 12 detainees told police that another group of 15 people was travelling on the Jammu Tawi Express, and border police immediately alerted the GRP. “ We immediately informed the GRP at Rangia but the train had left the station by that time. The GRP identified and detained them on the moving train and they were handed over to us at Bongaigaon Railway Station ,” he said. The detained individuals told police they had entered India through a secret route in Meghalaya and that a racket had helped them do so in exchange for money, officials said. Deka said the border department…
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