Delhi Police DCPs to keep track of ‘illegal’ Rohingya via weekly records

A letter sent to the Special CP (intelligence division), all JCPs of ranges and district DCPs on July 22 by DCP (Special Branch) Nishant Gupta states, “As desired by the Special CP (intelligence division), a nodal officer for monitoring of Rohingya illegal migrants staying in respective jurisdiction is to be fixed by every district to update weekly diary pertaining to Rohingyas and further correspondence to this division. The name and contact details of the nodal officer should be communicated to this office on priority.”

In his letter, Gupta shared three proformas for the weekly diary of Rohingya illegal migrants staying in Delhi. In the first annexure, district DCPs have been asked to provide details of migrants staying in various pockets of Delhi.

“In another annexure, districts DCPs have been asked to provide details of the main pockets where the Rohingya reside and details of arrival/departure of Rohingya illegal migrant in which they have been asked to also provide their UNHCR card numbers, address from where they arrived and mobile numbers,” an official said. In the third annexure, Gupta has asked all DCPs to provide demographic details — total number of Rohingya, their families, as well as gender and age wise break-up.

In 2021, in a reply to a question on current situation of Rohingya Muslims living illegally across the country, along with Rohingyas with UN refugee cards, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha that foreign nationals who enter the country without valid travel documents are treated as illegal migrants: “The central government has issued instructions to state governments/ UT administrations advising them to sensitise law enforcement and intelligence agencies for taking steps for prompt identification of illegal migrants, their restriction to specified locations as per provisions of law, capturing their biographic and biometric particulars, cancellation of fake Indian documents and for taking legal proceedings including initiation of deportation as per provisions of law…”