Imphal, Aug. 24 -- In continuation of the special drive initiated to detect illegal immigrants in Manipur, the Senapati District Police pushed back a total of 541 individuals after verifying over 3,500 non-locals for violating the Inner Line Permit System (ILP) in the last fortnight.

The verification drives were carried out at Mao, Manipur's last border town with Nagaland to the north, an official statement said on Saturday.

A special drive to detect illegal immigrants and foreign nationals without valid documents has been carried out intensively and extensively throughout the Senapati District by the Senapati District Police since the beginning of this month.

During the last fortnight, from 7th August to 23rd August, the Senapati Poli...