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Bengaluru Police Detain Two Bangladeshi Nationals in Verification Drive

The detentions highlight Karnataka's verification drive coordinated with intelligence agencies, with cases processed through the FRRO.

Overview

  • Officers located a 17-year-old girl from Dhaka and 23-year-old Mohammed Umar from Bagerhat during a late-night check in K Narayanapura under Kothanur police limits.
  • The pair, who worked at Winsome Tree Community, were handed to the FRRO and moved to a detention centre for proceedings under immigration rules.
  • Police said the operation is part of an ongoing statewide verification effort ordered by Home Minister G Parameshwara in February.
  • The government reported 320 Bangladeshi nationals detected in two years and 219 deportations so far, with Bengaluru city accounting for most detections.
  • Officials noted no confirmed terror links following recent NIA activity, while reporting three cases and four arrests over alleged identity-document facilitation networks.