The raid was part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged ration distribution scam involving Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Shahjahan Sheikh and Shankar Adhya.
North Delhi Municipal Council (NMC) was directed to hand over 240 EWS flats at Bakkarwala to Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), which regulates the registration of foreign nationals.
Amid the political battle over the confusion of shifting Rohingyas into EWS houses after converting them into detention centres, the refugees from Myanmar said they don’t want to stay in detention centres.
The central government on Wednesday refuted media reports claiming that it was planning to provide low-cost flats to “Rohingya illegal migrants” in the Bakkarwala area of Delhi. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government had proposed to shift the Rohingyas to a new location. “With respect […]