The Odisha Police conducted coordinated raids across five districts as part of an intensified crackdown on infiltration, a senior officer said.
The operation was launched on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) after authorities demolished a house that allegedly sheltered suspected Bangladeshi nationals in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district.
The action came even as a 12-hour bandh called by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Keonjhar disrupted normal life, with demands for the immediate eviction of suspected infiltrators.
Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said the Odisha government, following directives of the Union government, has begun identifying individuals from Bangladesh staying illegally in Odisha.
“We will take legal action and evict all those found staying illegally,” he asserted.
