168 Rohingya living illegally in Jammu sent to jail, say officials

The Tribune
Jammu, March 7

The Rohingyas are a Bengali-dialect speaking Muslim minority in Myanmar

Authorities here have sent 168 Rohingya to jail after they were found living illegally in the city, officials said on Sunday.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday had began a drive to collect biometric and other details of Rohingyas staying here. The drive is part of an exercise to trace foreigners living in the city without valid documents.

“At least 168 illegal immigrant Rohingyas have been sent to Hiranagar jail,” a senior police officer told PTI.