India to open detention center for ‘illegal Bangladeshis’

Last Updated on December 22, 2024 7:07 am

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced the construction of a detention center for ‘illegal Bangladeshis’. ABP Live reports.

He said that a good detention center will be built in Mumbai to house illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. The reason for this, he said, is that they cannot be kept directly in jail.

The Maharashtra Chief Minister said, in recent times, we have seen that many people are being arrested in drug and illegal entry cases, as well as illegal Bangladeshis, all of them are foreign nationals. They cannot be kept directly in our jails, they have to be kept in detention camps.

Stating that he has asked for land to build this detention center, Fadnavis said, ‘The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has given us land to build a detention camp. But that land does not comply with the rules of detention camps. Therefore, we have asked BMC for other land so that a good detention center can be built in Mumbai.’