Overview

• On August 7, Jiyem Sheikh filed a habeas corpus petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking an order to produce his son, Amir Sheikh, after his expulsion to Bangladesh.
• Amir was detained by Rajasthan Police in a camp for nearly two months before being pushed across the border on July 22 on suspicion of illegal immigration.
• A video surfaced in late July showing a distraught man believed to be Amir in Bangladesh’s Ghumra area, prompting his family’s legal action.
• Families in West Bengal and elsewhere have filed multiple habeas petitions over alleged forcible deportations of Bengali-speaking migrants in BJP-ruled states including Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi.
• Human Rights Watch has called on New Delhi to halt arbitrary expulsions and ensure procedural safeguards for all individuals undergoing citizenship verification.