A group of 50 Bangladeshi citizens from Tamil Nadu has been sent to West Bengal by train as part of the process of repatriating them to their country. Police said on Saturday that these people include 44 men and six women, who were earlier kept in the special detention camp at Attur Taluk Office Complex in Salem district. Following official orders to deport them, the group was taken to Tiruchirapalli by road in three vans on July 3 amid tight security. Then on reaching Tiruchirappalli, he was sent to Bengal in a special coach of Howrah Express.
During the train journey, an armed police team of 40 members led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shaktivel of Salem Armed Reserve is accompanying them. Officials said that Tamil Nadu Police will formally hand over these citizens to the Border Security Force (BSF) at Haridaspur land border in West Bengal. After this BSF will complete the final process of handing them over to Bangladeshi authorities.
The Attur Special Camp, which was set up to temporarily stop the movement of migrants without valid documents, is still housing more than 130 foreign nationals, whose cases are pending or who are out on bail.
Recently, in the month of March, 33 Bangladeshi citizens lodged in the special refugee camp located in Attur Jail in Salem were sent back to their country after completing their sentence. This group included 25 men, four women and four children. Most of them were arrested by the police in Mangadu, Chennai and Kallimandayam, Dindigul in the year 2025 on charges of staying in Tamil Nadu without valid documents or possessing fake documents. However, after completing their respective sentences, they were sent back to their country. These people were first taken to Tiruchi Junction railway station, from where they were taken to West Bengal in a special compartment of the train.
