<p>Kochi, Kerala: In one of the biggest crackdowns on Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India, police in Kerala have arrested 27 <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/illegal-immigrants">illegal migrants </a>who are believed to have entered the country by wading through a shallow section of a river along the India-Bangladesh border.</p><p>They were arrested in a joint operation carried out by Ernakulam rural police and the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in the North Paravur area in the Ernakulam district, police said.</p><p>"These Bangladeshi nationals reportedly entered India by crossing a shallow section of a river along the India-Bangladesh border," the Ernakulam rural police said in a statement.</p><p>They had been engaged in various types of work in the area and had arrived in North Paravur after staying in multiple locations across India, it added.</p><p>All the 27 were arrested from a house rented by Harshad Hossain, a native of Mannam near North Paravur, the statement said.</p><p>During interrogation, the arrested individuals claimed that agents in Bangladesh had arranged all their Indian documents.</p><p>The arrests were part of an ongoing special operation, 'Operation Clean,' launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena after the arrest of 28-year-old Thaslima Begum two weeks ago.</p>.Two more Bangladeshi women arrested for illegal stay in Kochi.<p>Police said an investigation has been launched into the matter. Those who assisted them locally are also under surveillance, it said.</p><p>The Bangladeshi nationals were working at various locations in the guise of migrant workers from West Bengal, and a detailed questioning of the arrested is underway, a top police official said.</p><p>The arrests were part of an ongoing special operation, 'Operation Clean,' launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena after the arrest of 28-year-old Thaslima Begum two weeks ago.</p><p>Acting on a tip-off about Bangladeshi nationals staying in North Paravur, a team from Ernakulam Rural Police, assisted by the ATS, conducted a search, an officer said.</p><p>The arrests were part of an ongoing special operation, 'Operation Clean,' launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena after the arrest of 28-year-old Thaslima Begum two weeks ago.</p>.Nine Bangladeshis arrested in Thane district for illegal stay.<p>A senior police officer said more details could not be disclosed at this stage, noting that this might be the largest arrest of Bangladeshi nationals in the country within a month.</p><p>The arrested will be produced before the court after completing the interrogation, he added.</p><p>With these arrests, the number of Bangladeshis detained in the Ernakulam rural district police limits this month has risen to 34, police added.</p><p>The police on Thursday also arrested two Bangladeshi women from here for illegally staying in India.</p><p>According to the police, Kobitiba (22) and Rubina Sheikh (19) were arrested from Kodanadu in the Ernakulam rural police limits.</p><p>The checks would be intensified as part of 'Operation Clean', Saxena, who is leading the probe, said.</p>
<p>Kochi, Kerala: In one of the biggest crackdowns on Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India, police in Kerala have arrested 27 <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/illegal-immigrants">illegal migrants </a>who are believed to have entered the country by wading through a shallow section of a river along the India-Bangladesh border.</p><p>They were arrested in a joint operation carried out by Ernakulam rural police and the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in the North Paravur area in the Ernakulam district, police said.</p><p>"These Bangladeshi nationals reportedly entered India by crossing a shallow section of a river along the India-Bangladesh border," the Ernakulam rural police said in a statement.</p><p>They had been engaged in various types of work in the area and had arrived in North Paravur after staying in multiple locations across India, it added.</p><p>All the 27 were arrested from a house rented by Harshad Hossain, a native of Mannam near North Paravur, the statement said.</p><p>During interrogation, the arrested individuals claimed that agents in Bangladesh had arranged all their Indian documents.</p><p>The arrests were part of an ongoing special operation, 'Operation Clean,' launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena after the arrest of 28-year-old Thaslima Begum two weeks ago.</p>.Two more Bangladeshi women arrested for illegal stay in Kochi.<p>Police said an investigation has been launched into the matter. Those who assisted them locally are also under surveillance, it said.</p><p>The Bangladeshi nationals were working at various locations in the guise of migrant workers from West Bengal, and a detailed questioning of the arrested is underway, a top police official said.</p><p>The arrests were part of an ongoing special operation, 'Operation Clean,' launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena after the arrest of 28-year-old Thaslima Begum two weeks ago.</p><p>Acting on a tip-off about Bangladeshi nationals staying in North Paravur, a team from Ernakulam Rural Police, assisted by the ATS, conducted a search, an officer said.</p><p>The arrests were part of an ongoing special operation, 'Operation Clean,' launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena after the arrest of 28-year-old Thaslima Begum two weeks ago.</p>.Nine Bangladeshis arrested in Thane district for illegal stay.<p>A senior police officer said more details could not be disclosed at this stage, noting that this might be the largest arrest of Bangladeshi nationals in the country within a month.</p><p>The arrested will be produced before the court after completing the interrogation, he added.</p><p>With these arrests, the number of Bangladeshis detained in the Ernakulam rural district police limits this month has risen to 34, police added.</p><p>The police on Thursday also arrested two Bangladeshi women from here for illegally staying in India.</p><p>According to the police, Kobitiba (22) and Rubina Sheikh (19) were arrested from Kodanadu in the Ernakulam rural police limits.</p><p>The checks would be intensified as part of 'Operation Clean', Saxena, who is leading the probe, said.</p>