HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, June 25: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday reaffirmed his government’s hardline stance on illegal immigration, announcing the identification and deportation of 88 undocumented immigrants from Cachar district over the past month. The Chief Minister shared the update through a post on social media platform X, declaring “Uncompromising Action against Illegal Immigration.”
According to the statement, the operation, which began on May 24 resulted in the pushback of 59 Bangladeshi nationals and 29 Rohingyas. The individuals were identified through special intelligence-based operations and subsequently deported to Bangladesh via Sribhumi district, which lies along the international border.
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“This is part of our continued fight for Jati, Mati, Bheti — identity, land, and homeland,” Sarma said, reiterating his government’s long-held position that illegal infiltration poses a threat to Assam’s demographic balance and cultural fabric.
The crackdown aligns with Assam’s broader campaign against undocumented immigrants, a politically sensitive issue that has seen heightened action in recent years. Police sources confirm that surveillance and border patrolling have been intensified in key districts such as Cachar, Karimganj, and Dhubri, with more deportations expected as operations continue.
In the latest phase of Assam’s intensified crackdown on illegal immigration, 15 suspected Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, were detained on Sunday night in Cachar district. Authorities confirmed that ten individuals were apprehended from Hilara in Katigorah, while five others were intercepted by vigilant local residents in Bishambarpur and later handed over to the police.
A senior police official revealed that many of those detained originally hailed from Khulna, Bangladesh, and had been living and working in Surat, Gujarat, for several years. With mounting pressure from law enforcement in Gujarat targeting undocumented migrants, the group is believed to have attempted a return to Bangladesh by crossing through Assam’s border districts.
“They informed us they were trying to go back home out of fear of arrest in Gujarat,” the officer said, crediting the Village Defence Party (VDP) and local villagers for assisting in their interception.
The latest detentions come just a week after a separate group of nine Bangladeshis, also believed to be returning from Gujarat, were stopped in Hilara area in the Cachar district while travelling in autorickshaws. Officials say surveillance efforts remain heightened across border areas, with more such attempts anticipated.
