Officers mentioned right here on Wednesday {that a} two-member workforce of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met the members of the Rohingya group staying illegally in J&Okay’s Jammu metropolis. “A two-member workforce of UNHCR met Rohingya Muslims at a slum right here on Monday,” officers mentioned. The assembly passed off within the aftermath of a heated controversy over the continuation of primary facilities like water and electrical energy to those unlawful settlers.
Senior Safety Officer, Tomoko Fukumura together with Safety Affiliate, Ragini Trakroo Zutshi on Monday met the Rohingya Muslims and a few native residents within the Kiryani Talab space of Narwal in Jammu Metropolis. The top of the workforce mentioned they might return to Delhi Wednesday night as their try to fulfill some police officers had failed.
On December 7, Jammu and Kashmir Jal Shakti Minister Javed Rana mentioned the water provide wouldn’t be snapped to the slums housing the immigrants pending a name from the Centre on their deportation. Rana’s assertion got here after Rohingyas dwelling on three plots of land within the Narwal space of Jammu claimed that their energy and water provide have been snapped just lately regardless of being registered with the UNHCR.
J&Okay Chief Minister Omar Abdullah mentioned the Centre ought to resolve the destiny of the Rohingya inhabitants settled in Jammu asserting that they may not be allowed to die of hunger or chilly.
“It’s a humanitarian challenge. The central authorities ought to resolve about them (Rohingyas). If they’re to be despatched again, try this. For those who can, ship them again. For those who can’t ship them again, we can’t starve them to loss of life. They can’t be allowed to die of chilly. The Authorities of India ought to inform us what we’ve to do with them. So long as they’re right here, we have to handle them,” the CM mentioned.
The previous chief minister and president of Nationwide Convention (NC), Dr Farooq Abdullah mentioned on Tuesday that the Authorities of India had introduced the Rohingyas to JK and it’s the responsibility of the native authorities to supply them with primary facilities of life.
Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) has, nonetheless, demanded a CBI probe into the settlements of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis in Jammu calling it a political conspiracy.
The BJP has additionally questioned the ‘sympathy’ of the J&Okay authorities in the direction of these settlers alleging that had the settlers belonged to another faith, the J&Okay authorities would have behaved in another way. Official information reveal that there are round 14,000 Rohingyas settled illegally in Jammu metropolis.
