Karnataka Police not housing any Rohingyas, State will abide by Court's orders: Supreme Court told

The Government of Karnataka has submitted before the Supreme Court that while 126 Rohingya immigrants have been identified in the State, the State police is not housing any of them in any camp or detention centre..Earlier the State had told the Supreme Court that it has no plans to deport 72 Rohingya immigrants residing in Karnataka. .This submission was made in response to a plea by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking directions to the Central and State governments to identify, detain and deport all illegal immigrants and infiltrators, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, within one year..At the time, the Karnataka government had also contended that Upadhyay's petition was not maintainable..The counter-affidavit now by the State government, however, says that it will scrupulously abide any orders passed by the Supreme Court in the matter. ."I humbly submit that, the Karnataka State Police have not housed Rohingyas in any camp or detention centre within its jurisdiction. However, 126 Rohingyas have been identified in Karnatak state ... I humbly submit that in vIew of the above this Respondent undertake(s) that whatever the order that would be passed by this Hon'ble Court will be scrupulously adhered and followed in its letter and spirit," the latest affidavit filed by Under-Secretary Vanaja KN, Department of Home, Karnataka said..The State has also sought liberty to file a further or detailed affidavit in the matter at a later stage, if required. .The petition moved by Upadhyay had sought directions to Centre and State government to identify and deport illegal migrants including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. .72 Rohingyas in Bengaluru, no plan to deport them: Karnataka govt tells Supreme Court