By: Express News Service Vadodara | July 5, 2025 01:00 IST 2 min readOfficials of the Gujarat Police confirmed that the deportation was carried out as per the protocol, as part of which the detainees were handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF)Over two months after the Gujarat Police began an exercise to identify Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India, more than 200 alleged illegal immigrants were airlifted on a special Indian Air Force (IAF) flight from Vadodara, under heavy security deployment, on Thursday. Officials of the Gujarat Police confirmed that the deportation was carried out as per the protocol, as part of which the detainees were handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) in the states sharing a border with Bangladesh, from where they would be “sent back” following due process.Senior official of the Gujarat Police told The Indian Express that the IAF’s Airbus a321 aircraft was deployed to airlift the confirmed Bangladeshi nationals as well as several undocumented suspects to “drop them off” in the border states of the North-East from where the Border Security Force (BSF) would process their deportation to their home country through the land border. The Bangladeshi nationals were brought to the Vadodara Airforce base under heavy security deployment of the Gujarat ATS and made to board the special plane.The senior officer, speaking on conditions of anonymity said, “Since their confinement by the Gujarat Police at the makeshift holding centres in the state, the process of deportation had been underway. Deportation is carried out by the BSF. Therefore, the Gujarat Police coordinated with the FRRO (Foreigners Regional Registration Offices) and made arrangements to have them reach the Air Force base as per the instructions of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, which has issued the directions to undertake the deportations of those found living in India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attacks of April…”The officer said, “The illegal immigrants will be dropped off in the border states close to Bangladesh from where they will be made to cross over and return by the BSF.”Officials said that these border states include some in the North East, besides West Bengal.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd