By IANS,
Jodhpur : Exodus of Hindu families from Pakistan continues with the arrival of 45 more people in Rajasthan from the neighbouring country, police said Monday.
The Pakistanis, who arrived in Jodhpur on the Thar Link Express Sunday, have expressed their wish to stay on in India, police said.
“Most of them belong to the Rebari and Bheel communities,” a police officer told IANS.
Over 200 Pakistani Hindus had come to Jodhpur Sep 10. Around 195 more people, including the 45, have arrived here in groups since then.
They said hardliners in Pakistan were torturing Hindu families there.
The police officer said some of the Pakistanis were being shifted to Nagaur district according to the specifications on their visa papers.
“Others are staying in the camps in Jodhpur with other Pakistani Hindus,” said the officer.
The Pakistani Hindus are yet to get proper accommodation in Jodhpur despite BJP and Congress leaders promising to help them.
They were initially living in a temple. But as their numbers swelled, they were moved to tents.
According to Seemant Lok Sangathan, a group working for refugees in Rajasthan, over 1,10,000 Hindu migrants from Pakistan have been living in Rajasthan since 1971.
Over 13,000 of them were granted citizenship by 2005-06 and more than 7,000 others have applied for long-term visas.