K’taka has 3 lakh Bangladeshis, but cites no report: Bengaluru police commissioner

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Jan 30, 2020: Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao, on Wednesday, 29 January claimed the state has over three lakh Bangladeshis and there are around 3,000 such migrants in Bengaluru city as to Yahoo.

 

The demolition which was termed as ‘illegal’ by BBMP, took place days after Limbavali shared a video of the settlement and claimed its residents were Bangladeshi immigrants. The demolition was completed on the police’s watch.

The Karnataka High Court on 22 January, ordered an interim stay on the demolition drive which left hundreds of migrant workers homeless in Bengaluru’s Bellandur. The High Court questioned the seemingly ‘invisible source’ of the order to carry out the demolition after the BBMP and the police refused to take responsibility for the incident in court.

Bengaluru police commissioner said he arrived at the figure of three lakh Bangladeshis based on the interrogation of deported illegal immigrants. In the last six months, Bengaluru police have deported around 100 Bangladeshis from the state. The biggest catch for Bengaluru police was the arrest of 59 Bangladeshis in November last year.