Pimpri-Chinchwad police identify 30 Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally; 26 deported
The Anti-Terrorism Branch (ATB) of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Police has identified 30 Bangladeshi nationals alleged to have been staying without valid documents within the police commissionerate limits since May 2025. Twenty-six of them have been deported to Bangladesh, while proceedings in the remaining four cases are under way, the police said.
The police said the action is part of a continuing drive carried out under a Union Home Ministry circular dated May 2, 2025. As per the procedure being followed, foreign nationals found staying illegally within the commissionerate's jurisdiction are processed for deportation by the Foreigners Registration Branch, instead of criminal cases being registered against them. The figures cover the period from May 2, 2025, to September 19, 2026.
Two of the recent cases were reported on successive days. On September 18, 2026, the ATB, acting on specific information, located a 29-year-old woman at a lodge in the Bhosari police station limits, near Govind Garden. Police said she had been staying under an Indian identity and was carrying an Aadhaar card they believe was forged.
During questioning, the woman gave her name as Lavli and said she was from Khulna district in Bangladesh, according to the police. Investigators said she told them she had entered India without documents about two years ago and had since been living in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, with a man they identified as Rovindar Jat. Police also said she was in touch with her son, mother and other relatives in Bangladesh through Facebook Messenger.
She was handed over to the Bhosari police for further proceedings, and the Foreigners Registration Branch has begun the process for her deportation, the police said.
A day earlier, on September 17, 2026, the ATB received information about a Bangladeshi woman staying at a lodge within the Dehu Road police station limits. Police located her there and initially found documents identifying her as an Indian resident of West Bengal. On verification, police said the Aadhaar card in her possession was found to be forged.
The woman, aged 19, identified herself as Fiha and gave an address in Madariganj district of Bangladesh, according to a police press note. She told investigators she had entered India without documents about a year ago, the police said. Examination of her mobile phone showed she was communicating with her parents and other relatives in Bangladesh through IMO and WhatsApp, they added. She was handed over to the Dehu Road police, after which the Foreigners Registration Branch began deportation proceedings.
The police did not say how the two women entered India, whether they have legal representation, or whether they have challenged the proceedings. Under Indian law, action against foreign nationals found staying without valid documents is governed by the Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920. Deportation is an administrative process, and Aadhaar, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India, is proof of identity and residence rather than of citizenship.
The police have described the drive as routine enforcement of existing rules. The ATB has not released details of the 26 persons already deported beyond confirming their nationality and that they were sent back to Bangladesh. Police said each case was taken up after information was received about a person staying in the area without valid Indian documents.
