New Delhi: The Central Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees pose a big security threat as many of them have links with terror organisations and
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), said media reports. The government in its 16-page affidavit expressed fears of violence against Buddhists living in India by radicalised
Rohingyas, added the reports.
The Centre told the apex court that it will also file its response to a PIL challenging deportation of Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar. On August 18, the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) had issued notice to the Centre over its plan to deport Rohingya immigrants, who have been residing in various parts of India.
According to reports, the Rohingyas have entered into the country from Myanmar using porous border between India and Myanmar. The total number of such illegal immigrants in the
country would be more than 40,000 approximately as on date.
It is observed by the government that some Rohingyas are indulging in illegal/anti-national activities i.e. mobilization of funds through hundi/hawala channels, procuring fake/fabricated Indian
identity documents for other Rohingyas and also indulging in human trafficking.
It is also found by the government that many of the Rohingyas figure in the suspected sinister designs of ISI/ISIS and other extremists groups who want to achieve their ulterior motives in
India including that of flaring up communal and sectarian violence in sensitive areas of the country.
