India, May 23 -- A second batch of at least 153 allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi nationals were flown to West Bengal from Jodhpur for their deportation on the day the high court issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over alleged detentions of local Muslims during the ongoing drive to identify Bangladeshis staying illegally in the western state.

An officer from Rajasthan Police's intelligence wing said that a majority of the alleged Bangladeshi nationals were detained from Jaipur, Ajmer, and Sikar and were kept in temporary detention centres. "In West Bengal, the Border Security Force will contact their Bangladesh counterpart and take further action to send them back to Bangladesh," he said after the second batch was flown on Wedn...