From Deccan Herald (4 August 2022): Recently seven Bangladeshi nationals and three Uganda nationals have managed to escape from a rehabilitation centre (New Ark Mission of India Home of Hope) run by a trust on KRC Road in Doddagubbi since July 19.
The main reason for them escaping so easily is the lack of security in the detention centre. A senior police officer said though they have informed the state government about the need for more detention centres which can accommodate more number of foreign nationals no progress has been made regarding the same.
“Hence, we request the rehabilitation/ashrams to keep the detained illegally-staying foreign nationals. We cannot deploy police at all these places, but our patrolling police will visit during their rounds. Most of these places do not have security guards, but the employees themselves will be guarding the place”, the police officer added.
T Raja, founder/secretary of the centre, told DH, since police requested us to accommodate these illegally staying foreign nationals, we have kept them in our rehabilitation centre which is mainly for beggars and orphans. “We have two separate buildings for men and women”, he added.
The Bangladeshi nationals were accommodated on the second floor of the men’s building. They escaped on the night of July 19 by jumping the compound wall as the gate was locked. In another such incident, three women from Uganda escaped by using a rope to climb down from the third floor through the window on the night of July 27.
The women were accommodated on the third floor of the women’s building 50 meters away from the men’s building. “We have informed about the incidents to (Foreign Regional Registration Offices) FRRO and the police. A complaint was filed on July 28”, Raja said.