Mumbai: The police in Mumbai on Sunday under the orders of Deputy Commissioner of Police Praveen Mundhe, conducted searches in Mankhurd, Vashi Naka, Kalamboli, Panvel, Kopri Thane, Kalyan, Mumbra and apprehended 16 Bangladeshi intruders on Monday.
Police in a statement said “Under the orders of Dr Praveen Mundhe, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Zone-1, 14 teams from police stations within Zone-1 conducted searches in Mankhurd, Vashi Naka, Kalamboli, Panvel, Kopri Thane, Kalyan, Mumbra and has apprehended 16 Bangladeshi intruders. Authorities have registered new cases against those with no prior record, while those already facing charges will have this added to their existing files. The investigation is still underway.”
Earlier Mumbai’s RCF Police on Friday arrested seven Bangladeshi citizens who were living illegally in Chembur’s Mahul village for the last five years.
The Bangladeshi nationals -three men and four women were arrested, as per the Mumbai Police.
A case has been registered against all the arrested.