Overview

• Seven alleged Bangladeshi nationals were intercepted before dawn on July 30 and returned across the border from Sribhumi district.
• This action follows the July 28 pushback of 20 individuals, raising Assam’s total repatriations to over 377 in recent months.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reiterated a zero-tolerance stance, warning would-be infiltrators of swift detection and expulsion.
• The operation falls under Operation Sindoor, launched after the Supreme Court upheld the 1950 Immigrants Expulsion Act in June.
• The Border Security Force has intensified patrols along Assam’s 1,885-kilometre frontier even as rights groups caution that rapid expulsions risk due-process gaps and communal profiling.