A day after authorities demolished a house that allegedly sheltered suspected Bangladeshi nationals in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, the state police Tuesday launched coordinated raids across five districts, as part of an intensified crackdown on illegal infiltration.

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.

Police conducted the raids in Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Keonjhar and P

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