Overview

• An order from a Chapainawabganj magistrate recognized the six as Indian citizens after noting their Aadhaar details and addresses, and directed the case to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
• The Calcutta High Court had already set aside the Centre’s deportation order on September 26 and instructed that the group be brought back within four weeks.
• The two migrant families from Birbhum were detained in Delhi on June 24 and pushed into Bangladesh on June 26 on FRRO orders, then jailed by Border Guard Bangladesh under the Control of Entry Act, 1952.
• The group includes a late‑term pregnant woman and minors who remain in custody in Bangladesh pending diplomatic and administrative steps to effect their return.
• An Indian official cautioned that Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship and said repatriation will require identity verification and BSF–Border Guard Bangladesh coordination, leaving the timeline unclear.