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Assam Pushes Tribunal-Declared ‘Foreigners’ into Bangladesh, Repatriates Two Women

Rights groups have filed petitions in India’s top courts accusing Assam authorities of executing arbitrary deportations without proper verification.

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Assam crackdown on ‘foreigners’ triggers frantic search by family members to trace their whereabouts

Overview

  • Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed that security forces are expelling individuals deemed ‘foreigners’ by Assam’s tribunals across the Bangladesh border.
  • On May 25, Golaghat resident Rahima Begum was led into no man’s land and returned after officials discovered a mismatched digit in her registration certificate.
  • On June 1, Barpeta resident Shona Bhanu—whose Supreme Court stay on her 2018 tribunal ruling remained in effect—was found 120 km inside Bangladesh and brought back.
  • Families of other detainees report no information on missing relatives and have petitioned the Gauhati High Court to trace those allegedly deported without notice.
  • Human rights advocates argue that the crackdown bypasses nationality verification and legal remedies, prompting challenges in both the Supreme Court and Gauhati High Court.