5 Bangladeshis in Karnataka Gain Citizenship

Five Bangladeshi refugees residing in relief camps in Sindhanur taluk, Karnataka, have been granted Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), marking the first such instance in the state. To date, 146 Bangladeshi refugees from these camps have submitted applications for citizenship. The camps, established in 1971 following the Bangladesh Liberation War, have housed around 25,000 individuals over four decades, including 20,000 from Bangladesh and 5,000 from Burma (now Myanmar). Meanwhile, the Border Security Force (BSF) arrested eleven Bangladeshi nationals for illegal entry into India across various borders, and five more were arrested in Navi Mumbai for staying with fake documents.