SINDHANUR: Five Bangladeshi refugees residing at relief camps in Sindhanur taluk of Karnataka’s Raichur district have been granted Indian citizenship under CAA—the first such instance in the state, reports Chamaraj Savadi.
Those granted citizenship are Ramakrishnan Abhikari, Advith, Sukumar, Bipradas Golder and Jayant Mandal from rehabilitation camps.Till date, 146 Bangladeshi refugees in camps have submitted online applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Pranab Bala, lawyer and resident at one of the five Sindhanur camps, said around 25,000 individuals have resided in these refugee camps over the past four decades. Of these, 20,000 are refugees from Bangladesh, and 5,000 from Burma (now Myanmar).
The camps date back to 1971 when there was heavy influx of refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan to India during the Liberation War.
Those granted citizenship are Ramakrishnan Abhikari, Advith, Sukumar, Bipradas Golder and Jayant Mandal from rehabilitation camps.Till date, 146 Bangladeshi refugees in camps have submitted online applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Pranab Bala, lawyer and resident at one of the five Sindhanur camps, said around 25,000 individuals have resided in these refugee camps over the past four decades. Of these, 20,000 are refugees from Bangladesh, and 5,000 from Burma (now Myanmar).
The camps date back to 1971 when there was heavy influx of refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan to India during the Liberation War.
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