Overview
- State police launched Operation Delta Hunt late on June 2–3 and by Thursday had verified and detained 501 people across Gujarat as suspected Bangladeshi nationals.
- Investigators used telecom analysis and technical surveillance to build a database of more than 6,200 suspect profiles that guided coordinated raids and checkpoints across cities and highways.
- Ahmedabad authorities rounded up roughly 300 people during early raids and have confirmed 166 as Bangladeshi nationals after document and biometric checks.
- Police say many detainees held Indian identity papers that failed cross-checks, prompting probes into local agents, employers and document‑forgery networks that allegedly supplied SIMs, housing and fake Aadhaar or voter IDs.
- Deportation procedures have been initiated for those confirmed as foreign nationals, but verification is ongoing and officials say large numbers of women and children are among the detained, raising welfare and legal concerns.