India's Ministry of External Affairs has reiterated its position on illegal immigrants, with spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stating, "People who are staying in India illegally or foreigners who are staying in India illegally, whether they happen to be Bangladeshi nationals or any other national, they will be dealt with as per law. We have a large number of Bangladeshi nationals here who are required to be deported," reported news agency ANI.

"We have asked the Bangladeshi side to verify their nationality. We have a pending list of over 2360 cases of people who are required to be deported...We urge the Bangladeshi side to expedite the verification process..." he said, reported ANI.