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Calcutta High Court Seeks Accountability After Migrant Worker Returns From Bangladesh

The Calcutta High Court has ordered BSF officers with Basirhat police to file detailed reports on Sheikh’s transfer from Rajasthan to Bangladesh ahead of an August 27 hearing.

Amir Sheikh with his father, Jiyem Sheikh, and uncle, Ajmal Sheikh. (Sourced)
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Overview

  • Amir Sheikh’s family lost contact after his June 19 detention in Rajasthan; a later video showed him pleading for help from a Bangladeshi prison.
  • His father’s habeas corpus petition prompted the Calcutta High Court to serve notices on Rajasthan and central home ministry officials.
  • Border Security Force officers traced Sheikh in Bangladesh on August 12 and handed him to Basirhat police, reuniting him with his father on August 13.
  • The court granted his conditional release to his father upon production of identity documents and scheduled the next hearing for August 27.
  • Government lawyers argue he crossed the border without valid papers, a claim rejected by his family and West Bengal leaders as an attempt to cover up a forcible deportation.