Agra deportation countdown: 38 Bangladeshi nationals, 8 children set for Jan 13 handover
Agra, Jan 12, 2026, 23:48 IST Police in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, announced that 38 Bangladeshi nationals, including eight children, will be deported on Jan. 13 following an Agra court’s order after serving three-year prison sentences. The group was arrested in February 2023 in Sector 14 of Awas Vikas Colony, Sikandra area, when officers found 35 forged Aadhaar identity cards and a fake PAN tax card, police said. They are being escorted to Kolkata for handover, coordinated by the Intelligence Bureau, India’s domestic intelligence agency, and the Border Security Force, responsible for border security. “They were arrested for residing here illegally,”