Guwahati Lodge Raid Leads to Ten Detainees Cleared for Repatriation

Overview

• Police conducted a raid at Bobby Lodge in Paltan Bazar late Tuesday night and detained ten people who could not produce valid identity or travel documents.
• Paltan Bazar police first held the group for questioning and then handed them to Border Police for formal nationality verification.
• Border Police say the verification is complete, the detainees allegedly admitted to being Bangladeshi nationals, and authorities have started pushing them back across the India–Bangladesh border.
• Investigators have placed the lodge owner under scrutiny for failing to maintain required occupant identity records and are tracing a suspected local intermediary and any wider facilitation network.
• The arrests continue a stepped-up verification campaign in Guwahati that included a June 19 operation that led to 13 detentions and signals more frequent checks at lodges and transit points.