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Nagothane (Raigad district) – No Bangladeshi nationals have been found living here. A letter has been sent to the Police to provide their information. Pohwa Nagothane Police Station, Police Officer M.V. Lagi has sent a letter to H.B.P. Bapu Maharaj Raokar of the Warkari community stating that immediate action will be taken as soon as information about the whereabouts of the infiltrators is received. In this letter, the Police have shirk their responsibility by saying that ‘the applications of complaints of Hindutva loyalists have been settled’. (What is the use of Police who remain anonymous by giving the responsibility of catching Bangladeshi infiltrators to the Police and citizens ? – Editor)

The letter names Shri Shivpratishthan Hindustan, Hindu Janajagruti Manch, Nagothane and Rashtriya Warkari community.
1. H.B.P. of the Warkari community on behalf of Hindutva loyalist organizations in Nagothane. Bapu Maharaj Raokar had demanded in a statement to the Kolad Police Station that ‘a search campaign should be launched for Bangladeshi infiltrators by verifying the Aadhaar cards of residents, workers, handcart vendors, and mobile vendors in the Nagathane area’.
2. The Police have taken note of it and appealed to the citizens of the village to ‘immediately report any information about Bangladeshis to the Kolad Police Station if they get it.’
3. In a letter sent to H.B.P. Bapu Maharaj Raokar, the police have said that they have received a complaint application seeking to track down Bangladeshi infiltrators in Nagathane and take strict action against them. Accordingly, a public notice has been prepared to report information about Bangladeshis to the Nagathane Police Station and it has been pasted in a public place in Nagathane.
4. The Police have clarified in this letter that 16 workers of contractor Dinesh Ghag and 16 workers of Kanse Enterprises are residing in Miranagar and Ramnagar to unload cement and other goods from goods trains at Nagothane railway station. They are residents of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, as per their Aadhaar cards.
5. It was suspected that these workers are Bangladeshis.
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