The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Tuesday launched a special demolition drive against the illegal Bangladeshi settlements near the Chadola lake in Ahmedabad. Regarding the demolition drive, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Gyanendra Singh Malik, a lot of Bangladeshis live in an area known as Bangal Vaas, and action has been taken against them earlier as well.
He said, "Bangal Vaas is an area where many illegal Bangladeshis live. Action has been taken against them earlier also. Demolition has been done earlier also. 3 days ago, the police conducted a massive combing operation, in which more than 180 illegal Bangladeshis were identified. And this process is going on. Apart from this, the illegal construction done here is being demolished by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the police have deployed about 2000 police force here.”
He added that three days ago, cops conducted a mass operation identifying over 180 Bangladeshis. Over 2,000 police personnel were deployed in the region.
The Ahmedabad police commissioner further added hat an FIR has been registered against Lallu Bihari who allegedly used to make fake rental agreements and Aadhar cards for the illegal Bangaldeshi settlers. Some of them have also made illegal passports, and the police are investigating the matter.
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According to Sharad Singhal, Joint CP (Crime), a majority of Bangladeshis used to stay here. https://t.co/Ew1lzwsgnx pic.twitter.com/4sVzLJIT8l
"We have kept the entire police force of Ahmedabad on standby. If any incident happens anywhere, the police will take very strict action. We have also registered an FIR, in which a person named Lallu Bihari and some of his people are named. He used to make fake rent agreements so that Aadhaar could be made. He had built a big farmhouse here. His house, which he had built illegally, has been demolished and the demolition process is still going on...We have come to know that some people have also got passports made illegally, so we have lodged an FIR against Lallu Bihari and his gang and the police will definitely investigate it", the police official added.
Meanwhile, a statewide crackdown on illegal immigration has also taken place in Gujarat. In line with that, the Umargam Police detained seven illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
While talking to the media, Valsad SP Karanraj Vaghela said that the immigrants who were detained would be questioned, and after that the process of deporting them would begin.
(With ANI Inputs)