27 Bangladeshi nationals held for illegal stay in Kochi

The Bangladeshi nationals were working at various locations in the guise of migrant workers from West Bengal

Kochi: Twenty-seven Bangladeshi nationals, who were illegally staying and working in Kochi have been arrested, police said on Friday.

They were arrested in a joint operation carried out by Ernakulam rural police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad in the North Paravur area in the Ernakulam district, police said.

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The Bangladeshi nationals were working at various locations in the guise of migrant workers from West Bengal, and a detailed questioning of the arrested is under way, a top police official said.

The arrests were part of an ongoing special operation, ‘Operation Clean,’  launched by Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena after the arrest of 28-year-old Thaslima Begum two weeks ago.