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.