Overview
- Varanasi Police Commissionerate has begun a week-long verification campaign, with teams checking hutment clusters and roadside vendors and recording photos and personal details for legal action where violations are found.
- In Bareilly, the district magistrate and SSP led door-to-door checks, ordered municipal lists of suspected foreign nationals, and tasked officials with identifying a site for a detention centre.
- Prayagraj police and intelligence units formed a verification cell, intensified door-to-door checks in identified localities, and started preparations for a detention facility pending government directives.
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told residents to verify identities before hiring and said strict action had been initiated, while urban local bodies were directed to compile names and verify documents across municipalities.
- Officials say verification includes cross-checking claimed home states and scrutinizing tenants, workers and students, even as opposition figures criticize the campaign for potential targeting and due-process risks.