Gandhinagar, June 5 (IANS) Gujarat Police arrested 568 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly residing illegally in the state as part of the ongoing statewide crackdown known as ‘Operation Delta hunt’, with authorities indicating that search and verification drives are continuing across multiple districts. According to the state government, the arrests were made during coordinated operations conducted across Gujarat under the supervision of Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi.The lat…
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Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) Gujarat Police have widened their investigation beyond the detention of hundreds of suspected illegal Bangladeshi migrants and are now examining the network of local agents, employers, and facilitators who allegedly helped them obtain accommodation, employment, and identity documents. On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said that ‘Operation Delta Hunt’ was not limited to identifying foreign nationals residing illegally in the state, but also aimed to unc…
Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) A combination of telecom analysis, technical surveillance, human intelligence, and a statewide network of checkpoints enabled Gujarat Police to launch ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, an operation that has so far led to the detention of 362 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly residing illegally in India and the questioning of more than 782 other suspected individuals. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said the operation was prepared ov…
Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) Gujarat Police have detained 362 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly residing illegally in India and are questioning more than 782 other suspected individuals as part of a statewide crackdown named ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, Sanghavi said the operation was launched using technical surveillance, telecom analysis and human intelligence, with more than 6,200 suspicious individuals screened acr…
Ahmedabad, June 3 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has detained 131 individuals identified as Bangladeshi nationals during a large-scale verification drive carried out across multiple parts of the city, while interrogation is continuing for another 160 persons, police officials said on Wednesday. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sharad Singhal told IANS that the operation was not confined to any single locality but was conducted across several densely populated residential areas.”131 confir…
Ahmedabad, June 3 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police and the Crime Branch have detained over 290 suspects and officially identified 131 Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally across areas like Chandola and Gulabnagar during a late-night mega sweep, officials said on Wednesday. In a major late-night crackdown, the authorities launched a mega search operation targeting suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators across various areas, including Chandola, Gulabnagar, and Khodiyarnagar of Ahmedabad. “Over 290 susp…
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 3 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said the state government would maintain “zero tolerance” and “zero compromise” against drug trafficking after Ahmedabad police seized more than seven kilograms of methamphetamine worth Rs 14.16 crore and arrested an alleged drug courier in the Naroda area. In a post on social media platform X on Tuesday, Sanghavi said: “Naroda Police delivers a crushing blow to drug trafficking! A peddler carrying 7+ kg …
Gandhinagar, June 2 (IANS) The Gujarat Police on Tuesday established a Public Relations Centre at Police Bhavan in Gandhinagar to provide a single-window mechanism for citizens seeking redressal of complaints and representations, with officials saying the initiative is aimed at improving transparency, accountability and public trust in the police system. The centre was launched under the guidance of Director General of Police (DGP) K. L. N. Rao and is tasked with receiving complaints, applicatio…
Gandhinagar, June 2 (IANS) Gujarat Police will launch “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0” across all districts from Tuesday, intensifying its crackdown on mule bank accounts used by cybercriminals to receive, transfer, and launder money obtained through online frauds. The decision was taken at a statewide review meeting, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, via video conference on Monday night.Senior police officers, including Director General of Police K.L.N. Rao, attended the meeting, wh…
Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) A coordinated statewide crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crime in Gujarat has led to the exposure of Rs 2,289 crore in fraud linked to mule bank accounts, alongside hundreds of arrests and large-scale enforcement action across multiple agencies.The operation, from December 1 to December 31, 2025, named ‘Operation Mule Hunt 1.0’, was conducted by the Cyber Centre of Excellence of the Gujarat Police with the involvement of police units across districts, including loc…