Uttar Pradesh DGP Asks District Police to Identify B’deshis and Other Foreigners

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh has asked all district police chiefs to identify Bangladeshis and 'other foreigners' so that they can be deported. This is being seen as an unofficial launch of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Uttar Pradesh.

In his letter to the district police chiefs, the DGP has said that "this move was crucial for internal security".

The deportation of unauthorized persons identified in the exercise will be "time-bound and monitored by senior officials", he said in his letter.

The Uttar Pradesh police have been ordered to comb transport hubs and slum clusters on the outskirts of their districts and verify all documents produced by anyone appearing suspicious.

The police have also been asked to track down the government employees who may have helped prepare the fake documents for the "foreigners and illegal residents". Fingerprints of people identified as Bangladeshis or other foreigners will be taken. Focussing on a large floating population in the state, the police have told construction companies to keep records of identity proofs of all laborers. (IANS)

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