Overview
- Police in Haibargaon, Nagaon, detained the trio on August 22 after overhearing them speak Bengali, according to local reports.
- The men were sent to a detention camp on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals, though relatives say they carried Aadhaar and other IDs.
- TMC MP Samirul Islam says the workers were released late Sunday night following action by the West Bengal government.
- Islam alleges Rs 1.5 lakh was taken from the workers and later returned after the intervention; Assam Police offered no immediate comment on the claims.
- The detainees were identified as Nazrul Islam and Sanaur Mullick of Shaktipur and Zahir Sheikh of Beldanga in Murshidabad.