**Bengaluru Police Detain Foreign Nationals for Illegal Stay**
The Bengaluru Police City Crime Branch (CCB) Narcotics Wing detained three foreign nationals on September 25 who had entered India in 2024 without proper documentation and had been residing illegally since then.
According to police sources, on September 25, 2025, officers of the CCB Narcotics Wing received credible information from an informant that three foreign nationals were living unlawfully in an apartment within the Devanahalli Police Station limits. Acting on this tip-off, a case was registered at the CCB Police Station.
A team was promptly dispatched to the location mentioned by the informant, where they conducted a raid and apprehended the three foreign nationals. During interrogation, the accused revealed that in 2024, they had illegally entered India by boat from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, to Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, without passports or visas. They further disclosed that, with assistance from another foreign national, they had been residing in an apartment under Devanahalli Police Station jurisdiction ever since.
Cases have been filed against them under the Foreigners Act at the CCB Police Station, and further investigation is ongoing to ascertain the reasons behind their illegal stay in Bengaluru.
**Separate Operation Detains Two Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants**
In a related development, a team from the Operations Cell, South West District, detained two illegal Bangladeshi migrants who had been living in India without valid visa documents for the past two years.
Police identified the detainees as Md. Abdulaziz Mian, 46, resident of Sakhipur, Tangail district, Bangladesh, and Md. Rafiqul Islam, 29, resident of Kaliganj, Gazipur district, Bangladesh.
Authorities received secret information regarding an illegal migrant seeking accommodation in the Mahipalpur area. Acting swiftly, the team reached the location, identified the two suspects with the informant’s help, and conducted a thorough inquiry. Upon demand for valid visa and travel documents, both individuals failed to produce any and admitted that they had entered India about two years ago and overstayed their visas.
Following verification and identity establishment, deportation proceedings were initiated through the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), New Delhi, after completing all codal formalities.
The South West District Police emphasized that this operation reflects their zero-tolerance policy toward illegal immigration.
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