Pune, Jul 19 (PTI) Five suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were on Saturday detained from Pune's Budhwar Peth area for allegedly staying in the country without valid documents, the police said.

A senior official from the Faraskhana police station said they carried out a raid and detained five women after receiving a tip-off about some undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants living in the area.

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“The women admitted to staying in India without proper documents. They also said that they had been drawn into prostitution,” the official added.

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