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J&K Sends 150 Detained People Toward Deportation
Police in Jammu and Kashmir detained about 500 people they described as illegal immigrants.
Most were said to be from Bangladesh.
Around 150 of them were flown to Bagdogra airport in West Bengal.
Police said the group would be handed to the Border Security Force.
They were expected to be deported to Bangladesh on October 7.
The police said they had been identifying people over several days.
The detainees had been moved to a facility near Srinagar.
The action took place two months after a committee visited Jammu and Kashmir to examine demographic changes.
Jammu and Kashmir authorities sent around 150 people described as “illegal immigrants” to Bagdogra airport.
The group was flown on an Indian Air Force aircraft to West Bengal.
Police said the people would be handed to the Border Security Force and deported to Bangladesh on October 7.
About 500 people, mostly from Bangladesh, were detained in a police identification exercise across Jammu and Kashmir.
The detainees were moved to a facility on the outskirts of Srinagar; the action followed a committee visit two months earlier.
- Who
- Jammu and Kashmir authorities and police; around 150 people described as illegal immigrants were transported.
- What
- Around 150 detainees were flown to Bagdogra for handover and planned deportation to Bangladesh.
- Where
- From Jammu and Kashmir to Bagdogra airport in West Bengal; detainees had been held near Srinagar.
- When
- The transport took place after a police exercise over several days; deportation was planned for October 7.
- Why
- Police said the action followed an exercise to identify people described as illegal immigrants.
Administrative action
Detainees’ perspective
Identification and detention
Administrative action
Police said they conducted a special exercise to identify people they described as illegal immigrants.
Detainees’ perspective
The report provides no statements from the detained people or their representatives.
Deportation
Administrative action
Authorities planned to hand the group to the Border Security Force for deportation to Bangladesh.
Detainees’ perspective
The report does not include a response from the detainees or details of any challenge to deportation.
Key facts
- People transported
- Around 150
- Total detained
- Around 500
- Reported origin
- Mostly Bangladesh
- Destination airport
- Bagdogra, West Bengal
- Aircraft
- Indian Air Force plane
- Planned handover
- Border Security Force
- Planned deportation date
- October 7
Sources
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