The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru police, on Saturday, 26 October, arrested 30 Bangladeshi nationals. The arrests come days after Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced the creation of a database of illegal immigrants and overstaying citizens in the state.
The CCB is yet to share the details of the arrested people.
Bommai had earlier proposed an Assam-like NRC project in the state. Addressing the media on 3 October, he had said,
Later, the government set aside the plans for NRC and decided to create a database of illegal immigrants and overstaying foreign citizens.
(This is a developing story)
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