A day after Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena directed the Delhi Police commissioner to provoke “strict motion” towards “unlawful Bangladeshi immigrants” residing within the Capital, the police on Wednesday launched a drive to crack down on such individuals.
The drive was undertaken in numerous elements of town, together with Kalindi Kunj, Uttam Nagar, Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Nagar, the place officers checked paperwork of individuals residing in slums, footpaths and unauthorised colonies, mentioned police.
“A few of them who didn’t have correct paperwork have been dropped at the police station for questioning… If they’re discovered to be unlawful immigrants, they might be deported,” mentioned an officer.
“We’re visiting colonies, settlements and another space the place we suspect unlawful migrants are residing. We’re checking their paperwork, even these whose paperwork are from Assam or states near Bangladesh… we’re cross-verifying the main points. These discovered illegally residing will likely be booked below the Foreigners Act and deported,” the officer added.
The police mentioned it’s a routine train that they observe. Up to now, unlawful migrants – be it Nigerians or Bangladeshis – have been deported, they added.
The transfer comes after a delegation of ulemas (clerics) and Muslim leaders from Hazrat Nizamuddin met L-G V Okay Saxena on Saturday and expressed concern over the remedy of minority communities in Bangladesh and urged stringent motion towards infiltrators within the metropolis, the L-G Workplace had mentioned in a notice.
It additionally directed the chief secretary to offer a time-bound response with the submission of weekly progress studies on the matter.
