West Bengal man detained in Bengaluru on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshi migrant

The Karnataka Police have detained a school bus driver in Bengaluru on the suspicion that he is an undocumented Bangladeshi migrant.

However, the driver, Rafikul Biswas, told Scroll that he was from West Bengal and that he has been living in Bengaluru for more than seven years with his wife and daughter. He said that the police are threatening to deport him to Bangladesh.

Biswas said that the police detained him on Thursday evening when he was returning home, adding that he was shifted to a detention centre on Saturday.

“There are three other people with me [at the detention centre],” he told Scroll. “They are from Bangladesh. I am the only one from West Bengal here. The police said that they will send me to Bangladesh. I have never been there in my life.”

The 31-year-old driver said that he had shown all his documents, including his passport, to the police.

“I worked in Saudi Arabia for two years, which is why I got a passport made,” he said. “I told the police I have land in West Bengal. I was born there. But they kept saying I am from Bangladesh and that they will send me there.”

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