india π Bengali workers face citizenship checks in Karnataka
Bengali Muslim migrant workers are facing scrutiny regarding their citizenship in Karnataka. Rafikul Biswas, originally from Nadia district in Bengal, was detained in Bengaluru last year under suspicion of being from Bangladesh. The drive, 'Operation Mukta', involved 3,000 workers across 90 locations, with Biswas eventually declared Indian by the Karnataka High Court on August 4. Despite this, police re-arrested him and others, leading activists to cite widespread ethno-racial hate speech. The situation highlights the tension between local politics and constitutional rights. π