More than 1,000 Bangladeshi immigrants, who were in illegal state, including women and children, were detained following combing operations in Ahmedabad and Surat.
Efforts were underway for their deportation, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi said on Saturday, reports Hindustan Times.
At least 890 Bangladeshis were detained in Ahmedabad and 134 in Surat, in what the minister termed as the biggest operation of its kind by the Gujarat police to date.
Sanghavi warned illegal immigrants residing in Gujarat to surrender before the police on their own accord, or else they will be nabbed and deported.
He also warned of legal action against people providing shelter to illegal immigrants.
"A historic success has been achieved in nabbing illegal Bangladeshis. As many as 890 illegal immigrants were caught by the Ahmedabad police and 134 by the Surat police. This is the biggest operation of the Gujarat Police against people living illegally in the state," Sanghavi told reporters in Surat after chairing a meeting with senior police officers via video-conferencing.
