Bengaluru, Aug. 9 -- The Bengaluru Electronic City sub-division police detained 1,909 suspected illegal immigrants during a major crackdown carried out across 29 locations, with 15 people subsequently confirmed to be Bangladeshi nationals, police said.

The operation was conducted early Saturday under the leadership of M Narayana, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Electronic City, with 23 special teams carrying out simultaneous raids from around 4 am.

A total of 295 police officers and staff were involved in the joint operation aimed at identifying and detaining suspected illegal immigrants residing in the Electronic City area.

Following verification of documents, 15 people were confirmed to be illegal Bangladeshi nationals. Police said th...