13 Bangladeshis living illegally in Gurugram caught, deportation to follow: Police

Police said an ongoing identification drive is aimed at identifying people residing illegally and does not cover Indian citizens and foreigners with valid documents

Published on: Jun 16, 2026, 12:36:42 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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At least 13 undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants, working as daily wagers in Gurugram without valid travel or residency documents, have been detained during an ongoing special verification drive, police said on Tuesday, adding their deportation process was being initiated.

Police said a special identification drive will continue. (X)

Deputy police commissioner Hitesh Yadav said a crime branch team carried out searches based on intelligence inputs. “During the operation, officers checked the identities and citizenship status of individuals living at construction sites and informal settlements, and identified 13 people who allegedly failed to produce valid documents to establish their legal stay in India,” Yadav said.

Yadav said that documents of Bangladeshi citizenship were seized during the verification, which established their nationality.

Police said one of the 13 told their interrogators that they entered India illegally through the Kaliaganj border in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district with the help of transnational agents on both sides of the international border.

Yadav said they have been working as daily wagers in Gurugram, and the deportation process would be initiated as per the law.

Police said the special drive will continue and urged residents, Resident Welfare Associations, house owners, and employers to ensure verification of tenants, domestic workers, and employees.

They appealed to the public to share information about any suspicious foreign nationals by contacting the emergency helpline 112 or the nearest police station.

Police maintained that the ongoing identification drive is aimed at identifying people residing illegally and does not cover Indian citizens and foreign nationals with valid documents. “Legal action will be taken against those who attempt to spread misinformation or rumours about the drive,” Yadav said.

Police said the drive is part of a wider exercise to identify foreign nationals staying illegally in Gurugram by verifying documents of those living in rented accommodations, slums, industrial areas, and hotels.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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