Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jul 13: The Mangaluru city police on Monday intensified their ongoing crackdown on illegal immigrants, detaining 11 more Bangladeshi nationals who were found working at two separate construction sites in the city. This development comes closely on the heels of the July 9 operation by the Surathkal police, who had intercepted eight illegal immigrants at a site in Mukka.
Acting on precise intelligence inputs, a team from the Urwa police station raided a construction site at Kuntikana on Monday morning. Upon questioning three laborers and scrutinizing their records, officers confirmed that they were residing in the country illegally. Simultaneously, another police team inspected a construction site in Kodial, where 11 individuals were interrogated. Among them, eight were established to be undocumented Bangladeshi nationals.
Out of the 11 detained individuals, four are minors aged between 15 and 17 years. The police identified the remaining seven adults as Mohammed Kausar Ali (21), Mohammed Nur Amin (34), Mohammed Nahidul Islam (22), Mohammed Humayon Kobir (22), Mohammed Romjan Ali (23), Mohammed Abdul Rahaman Royel (19), and Mohammed Noyan (24). Investigating officials stated that all the detainees hail from the Rajshahi district in Bangladesh.
City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy stated that a comprehensive report is being forwarded to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) to secure formal detention and deportation orders. The commissioner added that criminal cases will be registered against a West Bengal-based middleman who allegedly trafficked these individuals into Mangaluru to embed them alongside domestic migrant workforces.
Commenting on the operation, former Kodial councillor Kiran Kumar Kodial confirmed that the laborers were taken into custody by the police on Monday morning. He revealed that the individuals had managed to work undetected at local construction sites for the past two years by procuring fabricated identity documents.
Kiran Kumar urgently appealed to all major construction firms and independent contractors in the region to strictly audit and verify the credentials of their workforce. Warning that more undocumented workers could be scattered across various sectors in Mangaluru, he urged the public and business owners to promptly report any suspicious activity or unverified laborers to the nearest police station.
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Mangaluru: 3 more illegal Bangladeshi nationals detained as police intensify verification drive
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jul 13: In a continuation of the ongoing crackdown against undocumented immigrants, the Urwa police on Sunday detained three more illegal Bangladeshi nationals working in the city. The dynamic operation, which spans the entire Mangaluru city police commissionerate limits, follows the recent arrest of eight Bangladeshi laborers in Mukka near Surathkal.
Acting on specific intelligence, Urwa police personnel conducted a verification drive at a construction site located along the KPT-Kuntikana stretch. During the inspection, three laborers were confirmed to be Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in the country. Following their intense interrogation, the police tracked down another group of eight suspects, who are currently being subjected to rigorous questioning to establish their credentials.
City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy had issued high-priority orders a month ago, directing all stations within the commissionerate to proactively track down and detain illegal immigrants. The sustained surveillance led to the initial breakthrough in Mukka, and the drive has now expanded exponentially to other critical hubs, including Katipalla, Ullal, Bengre, and the fisheries bunder (dock), where large numbers of out-of-state laborers find employment.
Intense interrogation at Mukka holding center
Meanwhile, the eight Bangladeshi nationals arrested on July 9 from a construction site in Mukka remain detained at a temporary holding center set up inside a local hospital campus. Multiple specialized wings, including the police intelligence departments, are conducting joint interrogations.
Investigating officers are grilling the detainees to ascertain the exact route taken to infiltrate the international border, the total number of individuals in their network, the locations where other group members have migrated, and the identities of local handlers and agents who facilitated their transit and employment. The financial transactions involved in the human trafficking chain are also being scrutinized.
Mandatory verification guidelines for employers
With high probabilities of illegal immigrants working under the guise of migrant laborers in construction sectors, road works, small and large-scale industries, and fisheries, field officers have been directed to systematically monitor all local industrial pockets.
Verbal instructions have been explicitly issued to entrepreneurs, builders, contractors, and business owners to strictly scrutinize the physical and biometric identity documents of their entire workforce. Employers have been strictly warned to immediately notify local police stations if any undocumented foreign nationals are found on their payrolls.
The police department has also appealed to citizens to stay vigilant and report any suspicious individuals or unregistered groups residing in their residential neighborhoods to local station officers or senior officials. The authorities have assured the public that the identity of all informants will be kept strictly confidential.