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18 Bangladeshis Arrested in Guwahati for Illegal Entry
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News18•07-10-2026, 21:15
18 Bangladeshis Arrested in Guwahati for Illegal Entry
- •Assam Police apprehended 18 Bangladeshi nationals without valid travel documents in two separate operations in Guwahati over two days.
- •Thirteen individuals, including children and women, were caught at a hotel on Wednesday while attempting to return to Bangladesh after fleeing Srinagar.
- •Five others were detained on Tuesday at the Guwahati railway station aboard a Mumbai-bound train while seeking employment.
- •Four additional people, including a hotel owner, were arrested for harbouring and facilitating the movement of the illegal migrants.
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Altogether 18 Bangladeshis without valid travel documents were apprehended in two separate operations in Guwahati over two days by Assam Police.
The group of 13 individuals stated during interrogation that they had stayed illegally in India for 14-15 years near Pantha Chowk in Srinagar before fleeing to Guwahati following a police crackdown.
Police arrested four people, including a hotel owner, on charges of harbouring and facilitating the journey of the illegal Bangladeshi nationals.
