NEW DELHI: Fifty Bangladeshi nationals who were staying in a detention camp in Tamil Nadu have been sent to West Bengal as part of the process to deport them to Bangladesh. They are travelling under heavy police security and will be handed over to the Border Security Force before being repatriated.Police said the group consists of 44 men and six women who had been lodged at the special detention camp inside the Attur taluk office complex in Salem district. After deportation orders were issued, they were taken from the camp to Tiruchirappalli by road in three police vans on July 3 under tight security arrangements.From Tiruchirappalli, the group boarded the Howrah Express in a specially reserved coach. A 40-member armed police team, led by Salem Armed Reserve Deputy Superintendent of Police Sakthivel, is escorting them throughout the journey.Officials said the Tamil Nadu Police will hand over the Bangladeshi nationals to the Border Security Force at the Haridaspur land border in West Bengal. The BSF will then complete the formalities required for their transfer to the Bangladeshi authorities.The special detention camp at Attur was set up to house undocumented foreign nationals while their legal proceedings are underway. Officials said the facility currently accommodates more than 130 foreign nationals whose cases are still pending or who have been released on bail.
