In a major crackdown on illegal migrants, the Special Branch of Mumbai Police have arrested 154 Bangladeshis who were working as labourers on sites of some of the leading construction companies in the city.

In a two-day operation, the ‘I’ Branch, which falls under the Special Branch, raided construction sites of Reliance Infrastructure, Housing Development & Infrastructure Ltd. (HDIL), Wadhwa Group and another prominent construction company, and arrested the Bangladeshis who were living there illegally.