New Delhi, July 26, IRNA, About 40 foreign students from countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh studying in various colleges in Karnataka have reportedly gone missing, Doordarshan news website said.
"About 40 foreign students who sought admission in various colleges in the state, including professional colleges mainly in Bangalore, Mysore and Gulbarga, were reported to be missing recently," the website said quoting an official on condition of anonymity.
The students hailed from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Jordan, Indonesia and Yemen, he said.
The official, however, said the students had not been reported missing after the botched terror plot in Britain.
"They have been missing before that, for sometime now," he said.
Ten Pakistanis, who came to Bangalore during the Indo-Pakistan cricket series during December 2005, were also reported to be missing.
Police have a list of foreign students and those from Jammu and Kashmir who have enrolled in colleges in the state and are maintaining "surveillance on them", the official said.
"About 40 foreign students who sought admission in various colleges in the state, including professional colleges mainly in Bangalore, Mysore and Gulbarga, were reported to be missing recently," the website said quoting an official on condition of anonymity.
The students hailed from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Jordan, Indonesia and Yemen, he said.
The official, however, said the students had not been reported missing after the botched terror plot in Britain.
"They have been missing before that, for sometime now," he said.
Ten Pakistanis, who came to Bangalore during the Indo-Pakistan cricket series during December 2005, were also reported to be missing.
Police have a list of foreign students and those from Jammu and Kashmir who have enrolled in colleges in the state and are maintaining "surveillance on them", the official said.
