Bhubaneswar, Dec. 16 -- The Odisha government abiding by the advisory issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs has embarked on a statewide drive to detect illegal immigrants living in the State and has deported 49 Bangla infiltrators after identifying 75 illegal immigrants in the continuing exercise.
As many as 3,738 Bangladeshi infiltrators were identified in exercises conducted in the past years. However they are found to be Hindus (minority community in Bangladesh) and were exempted from Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order-2025 made as per the "Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025".
State's Director General of Police-cum-Director (intelligence) stated in an affidavit furnished before the Orissa High Court that a Special Task For...