MUMBAI, Jan. 14 -- Two Bangladeshi women who were deported by the police in August 2025 returned to the city soon after and were re-arrested on Monday from the Cuffe Parade and Gateway of India areas. The police said that after being deported across the West Bengal border, the women re-entered Mumbai through the jungle route of Ghojadanga, an illegal border crossing in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. The two women have been identified as Juleka Jamal Shaikh and Bilkis Begam Siramiya Akthar. "Shaikh was last caught by Agripada police in August, 2025, and they had with the help of immigration authorities deported her to Bangladesh. Akthar was similarly arrested by Unit 5 of the crime branch and deported to Bangladesh. She also returned to India via the North 24 Parganas border," said a police officer. The police said both women have now been sent to Byculla women's prison. They will be tried for illegally entering the country and will be deported to Bangladesh after serving their sentence. "If we catch such people for the first time we deport them to Bangladesh from the West Bengal border, but a lot of them return," said the officer, adding that many of the illegal immigrants from Bangladesh often worked as labourers in Mumbai. "We have also found copies of their Bangladeshi identity cards on their phones," the police officer said, adding that they have begun registering cases against the Bangladeshi's who have returned to India after being deported....