NEW DELHI: Days after nearly 200 homes were demolished in an informal settlement in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, human rights groups and slum dwellers said they expected more such evictions as a new citizenship law is enforced in the country. Police and municipal officials said the homes were built illegally on state land, and that residents were undocumented migrants from Bangladesh. The residents said they were migrants from other Indian states, and that they were evicted without any notice. The Karnataka state high court has prohibited further evictions, and asked the municipal corporation and the police to respond to its queries on the eviction by Jan. 29. “Bangalore is full of migrant workers, and a large number of daily wage workers tend to live in slums.

Source: Pakistan Today January 24, 2020 10:07 UTC