More than 450 illegal immigrants detained during crackdown in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad (PTI): More than 450 immigrants, most of them from Bangladesh, allegedly residing illegally in Ahmedabad, were detained after a combing operation in different parts of the city on Saturday, police said.
The police carried out a combing operation in different localities in the wee hours of the day and rounded up foreign immigrants who were residing in the city illegally, said Ajit Rajian, Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Branch.
"More than 450 illegal immigrants, mostly from Bangladesh, have been detained and are being interrogated. If found without valid documents, they will be deported," he said.
Rajian said the operation was carried out jointly by the Ahmedabad crime branch, special operations group, economic offences wing, and police personnel from Zone 6 and police headquarters.
He said the detainees have been kept at Kankaria football ground for further action.
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Bihar: 8 killed, 2 injured in head-on collision between car, tractor in Katihar
Katihar (Bihar) (PTI): Eight people died and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a car and a tractor in Bihar’s Katihar district, police said on Tuesday.
The car passengers were returning from a wedding function when the accident took place Sameli block office on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, they said, adding that efforts are on to identify the victims.
"At least eight persons, all men, died and two others were injured when an SUV in which they were travelling collided head-on with a tractor coming from the opposite direction on the NH-31 near the Sameli block office," Katihar SP Vaibhav Sharma told PTI.
Police immediately reached the spot and rushed the victims to the nearest government hospital where eight were declared brought dead, the police said.
The two injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital, they said.
According to locals, the victims are residents of Supaul, the SP said, adding that it is believed that all victims were travelling in the SUV.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination and further investigation is underway, he said.
