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HC orders action against Bangladeshis living in Delhi
New Delhi, Sept 24: Taking serious note of lakhs of illegal Bangladeshi migrants residing in the capital, the Delhi High Court today directed the NCT government and police to take action against them as per a plan approved by it and file a monthly report to the court in this regard.
New Delhi, Sept 24: Taking serious note of lakhs of
illegal Bangladeshi migrants residing in the capital, the
Delhi High Court today directed the NCT government and police
to take action against them as per a plan approved by it and
file a monthly report to the court in this regard.
While issuing the direction, a division bench comprising
Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice A K Sikri also asked the
city government to identify the Bangladeshis who were residing
in jhuggis and got allotted alternative sites by the
authorities.
The bench asked the Delhi government and police officials
to take the help of MCD to detect such Bangladeshis.
The order came on a PIL filed by a city-based advocate in 2001 alleging that 28 lakh Bangladeshis were unauthorisedly living in Delhi and taking all the benefits of government schemes meant for bonafide citizens.
Alleging that lakhs of Bangladeshis were enrolled as voters here, the petitioner sought direction to the Centre and Delhi government and city police to detect and deport them.
DCP (HQ) T N Mohan submitted an affidavit explaining the problems faced by police in identifying Bangladeshis. According to the affidavit, most of the Bangladeshis were living in Seelampur, Seemapuri, Azadpur, Nizamuddin, Jangpura, Ansari Nagar, Shadiq Nagar, Jumma Masjid, Alaknanda and Yamuna Pushta areas. The bench lamented that foreigners were being issued ration cards, voter I cards etc by corrupt officials and politicians. It expressed surprise when Delhi government counsel V K Shali said about 13 lakh Bangladeshis were here.
Bureau Report
The order came on a PIL filed by a city-based advocate in 2001 alleging that 28 lakh Bangladeshis were unauthorisedly living in Delhi and taking all the benefits of government schemes meant for bonafide citizens.
Alleging that lakhs of Bangladeshis were enrolled as voters here, the petitioner sought direction to the Centre and Delhi government and city police to detect and deport them.
DCP (HQ) T N Mohan submitted an affidavit explaining the problems faced by police in identifying Bangladeshis. According to the affidavit, most of the Bangladeshis were living in Seelampur, Seemapuri, Azadpur, Nizamuddin, Jangpura, Ansari Nagar, Shadiq Nagar, Jumma Masjid, Alaknanda and Yamuna Pushta areas. The bench lamented that foreigners were being issued ration cards, voter I cards etc by corrupt officials and politicians. It expressed surprise when Delhi government counsel V K Shali said about 13 lakh Bangladeshis were here.
Bureau Report