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Odisha Deports 49 Identified Bangladeshi Nationals After Statewide Crackdown

In the Assembly, the chief minister outlined a task force, detention centres, ongoing verification of additional suspects.

Overview

  • Officials said 51 people were confirmed as illegal residents after 1,768 document checks, with inquiries for 50 more underway.
  • Two individuals accused of securing Indian passports with forged documents have been booked and remanded to judicial custody.
  • Detections were concentrated in Khurda/Bhubaneswar (24), Cuttack (15), Ganjam (6), Kandhamal (3) and Koraput (1).
  • The state has formed a dedicated task committee, directed district police to intensify surveillance and field inspections, and deployed a mobile app for real-time checks.
  • Odisha operates 18 district-level holding centres and two state-level detention facilities, while an earlier Assembly reply cited 3,740 suspected cases under consideration, notably in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur.