<span style="color: #222222;">Four persons were arrested and many others were booked today as the police launched a major drive to identify those providing shelter to the illegally settled Rohingya immigrants in different districts of Jammu region. According to official sources, &nbsp;three persons were arrested in Poonch and one in Rajouri, while 10 others were booked in Doda besides seven FIRs were registered at different police stations in Jammu where the police swooped on the Rohingya settlements at over two dozen places and carried out house-to-house searches.</span>&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Jammu-Samba-Kathua range, Shakti Pathak, some locals have provided their plots of land to settle the outside immigrants. The FIRs were registered against people who are accused of providing shelter to foreign immigrants and also helping them avail government benefits and helping them illegally procure Indian identity documents like, Domicile Certificates, Aadhaar Cards, Ration Cards, Voter ID Cards and PAN Cards etc. He said that Police are checking and identifying these facilitators, who are also availing the government benefits for them.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | December 19, 2023 7:17 PM
4 persons arrested as police launch major drive to identify providing shelter to illegally settled Rohingya immigrants, Jammu