In the past five years, as many as 2,399 Bangladeshi nationals were intercepted at the International Border check posts with “fraudulently obtained Indian documents”, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Responding to a question by member Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt on whether the government was aware that fake documents for Bangladeshis were being made at a fast pace in different parts of the country, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in a written reply that State Governments had been advised to share the particulars of illegal migrants who have wrongfully obtained Aadhaar cards from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for appropriate legal action.
“The Central Government has issued instructions to State Governments/Union Territories for taking appropriate prompt steps for identification of illegal migrants, their restriction to specified locations as per provisions of law, capturing their biographic and biometric particulars, cancellation of fake Indian documents, and legal proceedings including initiation of deportation proceedings as per provisions of law,” the reply stated.
