New Delhi, May 29 -- In an ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration, the East District Police of Delhi have apprehended five Bangladeshi nationals, including three minors, residing illegally in the National Capital Region, Delhi Police said.

The apprehended individuals have been identified as Md Shaheen (30), his wife Rujeena (26), and their three children: a 14-year-old son, a nine-year-old daughter, and a four-year-old son. All are residents of Shimulbari village, Police Station Phulbari, Kurigram district, Rangpur, Bangladesh.

The individuals had reportedly entered India through unauthorised riverine routes along the Indo-Bangladesh border and were living covertly in the Anand Vihar area of East Delhi to avoid detection.

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