Karnataka drops NRC move, to create citizen database
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has put the Assam-like National Register of Citizens (NRC) proposal on the backburner and decided to narrow down its exercise to creating a database of immigrants without documents and foreign nationals overstaying their visa.
The dilution in the exercise move comes a fortnight after Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai announced the NRC would soon be introduced in the state.
He had said this was part of the Centre’s plan to extend the NRC across the country to identify and weed out illegal immigrants.
The change in stance is also partly due to practical difficulties in preparing and maintaining a registry of that magnitude.
Basavaraj Bommai said, “We’ll not introduce an Assam-like NRC. However, we are considering compiling details of citizens that must help the government in tracking down illegal and overstaying foreign nationals.”
Labhu Ram, an officer with the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office, said about 800 foreign nationals have been overstaying in Karnataka. Detention centre may open soon The number keeps changing as it hinges on cases of detection and deportation.
However, the database proposed by the government is handy and the need of the hour, Labhu Ram added. The government is looking to operationalise a detention centre in Nelamangala— an old social welfare department hostel.
It is expected to be inaugurated soon and will be a first in south India. While the one in Delhi has been handed over to the state welfare department, it is yet to be decided whether Karnataka centre will function under the social welfare department or the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office.
“The detention centre makes sense as screening of immigrants and deportation of overstaying foreigners are a continuous process,” said Captain PG Bhat, an electoral roll analyst.
Courtesy: timesofindia
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UP: Fake IAS officer marries woman, flees with Rs 15 lakh dowry
Gorakhpur (UP) (PTI): A newly married man fled with the Rs 15 lakh given to him as dowry by the bride's family, and it came to light later that he was an alleged serial scammer, police said on Sunday.
The accused, identified as Pritam Kumar Nishad from Etawah, allegedly posed as an IAS officer to deceive the woman into marrying him. He is currently absconding with his sister, and a case has been filed against him for cheating, dowry harassment, and forgery, officials said.
According to the police, the woman's family claimed that they spent nearly Rs 30 lakh for the wedding that was solemnised on March 11.
The match was arranged through a matrimonial group, where the accused introduced himself as an IAS officer, sharing purported interview clips, office visuals, and photographs with politicians to gain the family's trust.
Despite initially claiming he would marry without dowry, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 15 lakh shortly before the engagement. The bride's family paid Rs 10 lakh in cash during the engagement and the remaining Rs 5 lakh on the wedding day, the police said.
The fraud came to light on Saturday after the woman reached Etawah, and a wedding attendee informed the family that the accused was not a civil servant. When her relatives visited the address provided by him, they found her in a small rented room, while the accused and his sister had fled, the police added.
The woman has also alleged that the accused planned to take her to Goa and sell her, and accused him of inappropriate behaviour.
The police suspect that the accused may have been involved in multiple such marriages in the past. Based on a complaint lodged at the cantonment police station, an FIR was registered on Saturday evening.
Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Kaustubh said efforts are underway to arrest the accused.
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