RANCHI: Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday launched a major crackdown against individuals, organisations linked with suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators as part of their ongoing money laundering probe.
As many as 17 locations of Jharkhand and West Bengal have been raided as part of the major crackdown, leading to recovery of various incriminating documents
Taking to the X, the agency informed that ED Ranchi unit is conducting searches at 17 locations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
“So far various incriminating items including fake Aadhaars, forged passports, illegal arms, immovable property documents, cash, jewellery, printing papers, printing machines, and blank performs used for forging Aadhaar have been recovered,” the ED said.
ED, Ranchi is conducting searches at 17 locations under PMLA, 2002, in Jharkhand and West Bengal in connection with illegal Bangladeshi infiltration. So far various incriminating items including fake Aadhaars, forged passports, illegal arms, immovable property documents, cash,… pic.twitter.com/lnpaCMlv9z
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The case was initially registered at Bariatu police station of Ranchi in connection with alleged Bangladeshi infiltration which was later taken over by the ED who has now launched a major search operation at multiple places as part of the probe.
Raids conducted by the agency are expected to unveil critical information about the broader network suspected to be working on behalf of the infiltrators, facilitating cross border infiltration in Bharatiya territory.
Notably, illegal Bangladeshi infiltration has been a major concern for security agencies and police across multiple states of Bharat, where the infiltrators are suspected to settled in large numbers eventually impacting the demography of the region.
Reports suggests that upon their arrival in Bharat, the infiltrators are allegedly provided with various bogus government documents by their facilitators who further enrol them in voter lists, enabling them to vote in elections.
It is to be noted that multiple Bhartiya states adjacent to the Bangladesh border has been grappling with the continuous infiltration of Bangladeshi for years. It is alleged that after entering the Bhartiya territory illegally the infiltrators either settled in the bordering areas or managed to spread across other states and prominent cities of Bharat.
