Shillong, Meghalaya has detected 658 illegal Bangladeshi nationals since 2021 and deported 194 after completion of their sentences, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told the Assembly on Tuesday while outlining the state’s stepped-up anti-infiltration measures. Meghalaya detected 658 illegal Bangladeshis since 2021, 194 deported: Dy CM He was replying to a call-attention notice moved by Voice of the People Party legislator Heaving Stone Kharpran. Tynsong said the government has put in place a “comprehensive and multi-layered anti-infiltration mechanism” to tackle illegal migration across vulnerable stretches of the inter-state and Indo-Bangladesh border. The Meghalaya government has set up 18 anti-infiltration checkposts and gates along with a land customs station at strategic locations to strengthen surveillance and enforcement, besides deploying anti-infiltration special squads functioning in all districts, he said. “The squads regularly conduct anti-infiltration drives, surprise naka checks and patrolling in vulnerable areas in close coordination with the labour department, village defence parties and local authorities,” Tynsong said. The deputy chief minister added that the government has also constituted 11 district task forces for identifying and deporting …