Kerala currently housing 12 Rohingya refugees, no links with ISIS:Kerala to SC

New Delhi, Nov 22 (UNI) The Kerala government on Monday told the Supreme Court that 12 Rohingya refugees were currently living in the state, however, they were not having any links with the terror outfit ISIS.

“There is no ISIS linkage with Rohingyas in the state. There are a total of 12 Rohingya refugees in the state, including two newborn babies,” the state government said in a document, filed in response to a Public Interest Litigation, seeking the Court’s direction for detention and deportation of Rohingya Muslims from India.

Total 214 out-of-view Pakistan nationals existed in the state, the government added.

The PIL was filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, contending that the influx of infiltrators posed a serious threat to the unity, integrity and security of the country.

The BJP leader asked the court to issue direction to the Centre and state governments to identify, detain and deport all illegal immigrants and infiltrators, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, within one year.