Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Twenty-Three Suspected Bangladeshi Infiltrators Sent to Chhattisgarh Detention Centre
Police in Chhattisgarh found 23 people who did not have valid identity documents.
The people were suspected of coming from Bangladesh, but their citizenship has not yet been confirmed.
They were found in the Sirigitti area of Bilaspur district.
The police checked addresses written in their documents.
Those addresses were in Murshidabad and Jangipur in West Bengal.
A police team said the addresses were incorrect or did not exist.
The group was sent to a detention centre in Raipur.
Officials will now investigate their identities and origins more closely.
Police detained 23 people suspected of being Bangladeshi immigrants after finding them without valid documents in Bilaspur district.
The individuals were identified during a police drive in the Sirigitti area to locate suspected foreign infiltrators.
Bilaspur SSP Rajneesh Singh formed a special task force to verify the identities of suspected foreigners in the district.
Documents provided by the 23 people listed addresses in West Bengal’s Murshidabad and Jangipur districts.
A police team reportedly found the listed addresses incorrect or nonexistent and sent the group to a Raipur detention centre for further verification.
- Who
- Twenty-three people suspected by police of being Bangladeshi immigrants.
- What
- They were detained and sent to a Raipur detention centre for citizenship and identity verification.
- When
- During a recent police identification drive; the article gives no specific date.
- Where
- They were found in Sirigitti, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, and sent to Raipur.
- Why
- Police said they lacked valid documents and that the West Bengal addresses listed in their documents were incorrect or nonexistent.
- People detained
- 23 suspected Bangladeshi immigrants
- Location found
- Sirigitti area, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh
- Detention location
- Raipur detention centre
- Listed addresses
- Murshidabad and Jangipur districts, West Bengal
- Document issue
- Police said the individuals lacked valid documents
- Verification body
- A special task force constituted by Bilaspur SSP Rajneesh Singh
- Verification purpose
- To establish the group’s identities, citizenship status and origins