Archive · 19 Jul 2026
Crackdown on Illegal Immigration Shifts Racket South
There's a big effort to stop people from entering India illegally, especially in West Bengal and Assam.
The people who help these immigrants, called touts, are now moving them to other parts of India, like the southern states, where it's harder to catch them.
The police and other security groups are working to find and send these immigrants back to their home countries.
They think a group from Pakistan called ISI is helping fund and plan this.
It's making the job of the security agencies harder because the touts are spreading the problem all over India.
Crackdown on illegal immigration in West Bengal and Assam forces touts to shift operations to southern states.
Police and BSF are identifying and deporting illegal immigrants, but the process is challenging.
Touts are moving illegal immigrants to areas with lower scrutiny, like southern India.
Key figures in an illegal immigration racket were identified in Karnataka, working with touts in West Bengal.
ISI is alleged to be involved in funding and strategizing the illegal immigration for long-term demographic changes.
- Who
- Illegal immigrants and touts, with ISI involvement
- What
- Crackdown on illegal immigration and shift of operations
- When
- Ongoing, with recent momentum
- Where
- West Bengal, Assam, and now southern states
- Why
- To evade detection and spread the problem nationwide
- States Affected
- West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka
- Key Figures Identified
- Dilawar Hussain, Rasul Islam, Moyiddin Islam
- Agencies Involved
- Police, BSF, Intelligence Bureau
- Strategy Change
- Moving illegal immigrants to southern states
- Foreign Involvement
- ISI funding and strategic planning