India, Feb. 5 -- LUCKNOW Following months of sustained verification drives, Lucknow police confirmed they have not identified a single Bangladeshi national residing illegally in the city. The findings come despite repeated political assertions and claims regarding their presence in urban shanties.

According to senior officials, extensive checks were conducted across multiple police station areas, with a specific focus on slums and densely populated settlements where it was suspected that Bangladeshi nationals might be posing as Assamese migrants. The drive involved door-to-door verification, rigorous document scrutiny and close coordination with intelligence agencies

HT spoke to the DCPs of all five zones in the police commissionerate, ...