Crackdown against illegal Bangladeshis in Raj

Tue, May 20 10:10 PM

Jaipur, May 20 (PTI) In a crackdown against illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Rajasthan after Jaipur serial blasts, 42 persons were arrested today on suspicions over their identity even as Governor S K Singh appeared to suggest that "ideology" could be behind the move. With a breakthrough still eluding the police even eight days after the blasts that left 65 dead, investigators confirmed that RDX was not used and that the site of the nine explosions mainly contained Neogel-90, an explosive comprising ammonium nitrate.

Thirty-two suspected Bangladeshis were arrested from Galta Gate, Kanota, and Paota police station areas and ten in Jaipur city's Bagrana locality under various sections of Cr.P.C. Mainly section 109 relating to false identity disclosure, official sources said.

Many of the arrested who are allegedly staying illegally have criminal records, the sources said. All the arrested were sent to judicical custody after they were produced before a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) court.

Singh, who was appointed as governor in the BJP-ruled state by the UPA government, referred to ideology when asked whether it will be ensured that post-Jaipur blasts doesn't become a battle where ideology is more important than human rights. " Well the pressure that is there and I won't be surprised if ideology is more important at this time to do everything to safeguard the interest of people who have suffered," Singh told a TV channel.

Rajasthan police meanwhile has decided to go for 3-dimension computer sketches of suspects after release of seven handmade sketches failed to provide any lead to those behind the blasts. PTI.

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