Detention centre for illegal immigrants opened near B'luru, Sudanese man first inmate

Bengaluru, 18 Nov 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: The Karnataka government’s detention centre built 40 km outside Bengaluru to detain illegal immigrants is now open and a Sudanese national whose visa expired in 2016 has become the first person to be detained here.

Located in Sondekoppa village near Nelamangala in Bengaluru Rural district, this is the first detention centre to be opened in the state. The facility has been operational since the last week of October, a year after its construction was completed. It has a capacity of detaining 30-40 people.

TNM visited the detention centre in October and found that police officials were deputed there. The detention centre has six rooms where illegal immigrants will be housed, along with a common kitchen and a common bathroom while barbed wires run along the compound walls on all four sides. The centre also has two watchtowers constructed on two corners and a security room at the entrance.