Gandhinagar/IBNS, April 26 -- In a major crackdown on illegal immigrants, over 550 Bangladeshi nationals have been detained in Gujarat in an overnight operation, media reports said.

Over 450 suspected illegal Bangladeshi nationals were detained from Ahmedabad in the wee hours on Saturday.

Over 100 illegal Bangladeshi nationals were detained in Surat.

The detained immigrants will face deportation after they are subjected to verification and interrogation.

The officials claim the Bangladeshi nationals were staying in India without proper documents and they used forged documents to stay in the country.

The arrests of the Bangladeshi nationals is in line with the larger crackdown on illegal immigrants as it was witnessed in the national ...