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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Jul 4: The verification process of tracking illegal immigrants was held at Rosario Hall on Monday July 4.
In the last one week Mangaluru police have been conducting a drive to identify illegal immigrants.
On Monday, the final verification of suspicious individuals or individuals who have not given all the needed details was conducted although it is not necessary that all are illegal immigrants.
Speaking to media, police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said, “The home minister during his visit to Mangaluru directed the police to keep a track on illegal immigrants. Several labourers come from other districts for employment. We can see them working in railway stations, airports, factories, fishing activities and so on. So there is possibility of Bangladeshi immigrants staying here.
“In the last one week, we have been conducting a drive in all Police station limits to identify suspicious labourers and have taken their details. The final verification of documents of 518 persons is underway. We will check their Aadhar card, voter ID, phone numbers, track their mobiles, bank transaction details, pictures in mobile phones and whether they are in touch with Bangladeshis. There are labourers from Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. We have identified 4,000 labourers out of which 518 could not produce sufficient documents and they will go for final verification to establish their existence,” he said.
It may be recalled, 38 Sri Lankans were detained in Mangaluru last year.