India, June 19 -- A joint police convoy transporting around 160 allegedly illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to Pune's Lohegaon Airport for deportation met with an accident on Wednesday inside the Bhatan Tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, which comes under Rasayani police jurisdiction. As many as 30 people, including 18 police personnel and 12 immigrants, were injured in the collision.

The operation was coordinated by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Mumbai. The convoy had police teams from Mumbai City, Thane City, Navi Mumbai, and Mira-Bhayandar. They were transporting 22 Bangladeshi immigrants from Mira Bhayandar, 40 from Mumbai City, 75 from Navi Mumbai, and 23 from Thane City.

According to sources, a trailer had ov...