Bengaluru police launch drive to identify, deport illegal immigrants
Bengaluru police have initiated a city-wide verification drive to identify and deport illegal immigrants. Authorities are checking documents across multiple locations and coordinating with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office to handle deportations.
Why it matters
This reflects ongoing national security and immigration enforcement efforts in major Indian metropolitan areas.
The Bengaluru city police on Saturday (August 8) launched a special drive to identify and deport illegal immigrants staying in the city. As part of the drive, police teams visited over 40 places across the city and initiated a verification process.
The drive primarily covered the eastern and southeastern parts of the city. Saidulu Adavath, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Whitefield, said police teams visited nearly 30 locations, including over 50 sheds, in his jurisdiction.
“The drive has been taken up as per the direction of the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,” he said.
Mr. Adavath added that the police were verifying documents and, if they found any individual with documents from another country, they would write to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) and make arrangements to deport them legally.
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