Bengaluru, July 8 -- The Karnataka High Court on Monday, July 6, stayed the deportation of a Muslim man who was accused of being a Bangladeshi national after he claimed that he was wrongfully identified as one.

Abdul Rahim, in his petition, said he was an Indian citizen by birth, having been born in New Delhi's Seemapuri in 1979. He said he lived and continued his business in India throughout his life. In 2014, he went to Bengaluru, where he operated a waste management business with a government-registered proprietorship. Rahim even holds a Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration, issued under the Karnataka Goods and Services Tax Act.

After hearing Rahim's petition, Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the Foreigners Regional Registratio...