Detention centre for illegal foreigners near Bengaluru soon

Bengaluru: A detention centre to keep illegal foreigners till they are deported is coming up at Nelamangala in Karnataka’s Bengaluru Rural district, a police official said on Saturday.
“A state-run hostel is being converted into a detention centre to keep illegal foreign nationals for deportation to their respective countries,” Bengaluru Rural Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohan Kumar told IANS on phone.
Nelamangala is about 40km northwest of Bengaluru towards Tumakuru on the national highway #4 towards Pune and Mumbai.
“The 8-room ground floor building with open space in the compound will be modified to suit the needs of a detention centre and fortified for fool-proof security, with closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs), floodlights, barbed fence and a surveillance system to monitor the movement of detainees and their activity,” Kumar said.
To be the first of its kind in the southern state, the centre is strategically located, as it is nearer to the Bengaluru international airport at Devanahalli in the same district for early deportation.
“It is early to say when it will be ready for making it operational and housing the illegal foreign nationals. For security reasons and space constraints, the government has decided to locate the detention centre at Nelamangala, which is closer to Bengaluru,” a district official told IANS.