Maharashtra to UP: Both state and non state actors stalking alleged Bangladeshis

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From Times of India:

Bangladeshis under ATS scanner
3 Aug 2008, 0044 hrs IST,TNN

MUMBAI: The anti-terrorism squad is keeping a special watch on the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants settled in Navi Mumbai, in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts case.

Said a senior ATS officer, "We suspect the role of a few illegal immigrants in the current case." He added that there was a significant influx of Bangladeshis, especially in the slums of Navi Mumbai.

"We are more concerned because they come from poor background and are willing to do anything for money." Some of the illegal immigrants are under the police scanner and they are suspected to be aiding terror groups.

An officer from Navi Mumbai said there have been several drives in the past to flush out the illegal nationals. "But they keep coming back and living in ghettos—they are better organised and well-networked," the officer said. Many are employed as cooks or domestic help.

#2.

(From: Economic Times, August 2, 2008)

Bajrang Dal activists ransack dwellings of alleged Bangladeshis
2 Aug, 2008, 2334 hrs IST, ANI

AYODHYA: Activists of Bajrang Dal ransacked dwellings of people, whom they claim to be of Bangladeshi origin, in Ayodhya on Saturday.

The activists went on rampage and destroyed the huts of the alleged Bangladeshis.

The population in these dwellings is said to have risen to at least hundred in a short span of one year.

The activists alleged that the population of the Bangladeshis in the country is raising at a fast rate because of the Muslim appeasement policies of the government.

"Today there are three crore Bangladeshis in India. But the Kashmiri Hindus are forced to live as refugees in their own country. They (Bangladeshis) are allowed to live because they are Muslims. This is nothing but an apparent case of Muslim appeasement," said Jan Kesarvani, Uttar Pradesh state coordinator, Bajrang Dal.

On the other hand the authorities said that the dwellers belong to Assam.

"They (the activists of Bajarang Dal) have been told that the police is verifying details about them (the people of unauthorized habitat near the city) and If they will be Bangladeshis then we will deport them as we have instruction for to do so. But our investigation reveals that many of them are native of Assam's Barpeta region. They (the activists) have done wrong, therefore we have arrested them," said RKS Rathore, Senior Superintendent of police, Ayodhya.

After the recent blasts in Jaipur and initial investigations pointing fingers towards Bangladeshi militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al Islami, Bangladeshi refugees bear the brunt of such protests.

#3.

ABVP to detect, evict Bangladeshis living illegally in India
Mangalorean.com - Aug 1, 2008