Bangladesh, June 25 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has said that around 10,000 "illegal" immigrants have so far been sent back to Bangladesh from the Indian state by the Border Security Force.

Speaking in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Adhikari said about 1,800 more people are still being kept in 12 holding centres across the state.

He sought to assure what he described as "genuine citizens" of India that they had no reason to worry, regardless of their religion, community or political affiliation.

Adhikari said action would continue against those staying in West Bengal illegally.

He also said barbed-wire fencing along 600 kilometres of the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal would be completed wi...