Bengal To Set Up Detention Centres For Arrested Foreigners

The West Bengal government will soon set up two detention centres to house foreign nationals arrested on various criminal charges, and these camps have "absolutely no connection" with the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a state minister said on Saturday.

The Mamata Banerjee-led state government has already finalised a piece of land in New Town area, West Bengal Correctional Services Minister Ujjwal Biswas told PTI.

The process of scouting for land in Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district for the second detention centre is also underway, Mr Biswas said.