Vijayapura, Karnataka, Apr 5 : The process for deporting 24 illegal Bangladesh nationals who were staying illegally has been undertaken in this North Karnataka city as per Court order by the local police from Thursday.
Police said on Friday that the illegal migrants, who had entered the country without valid Passport and working in a beef packaging factory here were arrested during a raid in 2016 and charge-sheets were filed against them.
The JMFC Court in 2017 sentenced them to two year and three months jail term and after their convicted term ended, they should be deported, the court order had said.
Permission of the Court for deporting them was sought by the police and other central agencies from Bangladesh Ambassador Office in India and steps were taken to deport them.
A team of Police officers were sent on Thursday to handover the illegal infiltrators to Indian authorities at Petropaul Check Post on India-Bangladesh and they have already left the country, according to Superintendent of Police Prakash Nikkam.
