Mumbai: Mumbai is witnessing heightened police operations against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in response to growing political instability in Bangladesh and rising attacks on Hindus there. The situation has triggered a surge of illegal infiltration into ...

Thackeray also questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party, asking how alleged infiltrators entered India and travelled across multiple BJP-ruled states. He termed the situation a “national security failure” and accused the Union government of hiding its inability to prevent infiltration or deport illegal residents.

Ever since Operation Sindoor, the Mumbai police has ramped up its efforts to flush out undocumented Bangladeshis and deport them, but human rights activists are crying foul

It was the first election since the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a mass uprising in 2024. An interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus oversaw the largely peaceful election.