Overview

• Kondagaon police detained nine migrant workers from Nadia district on July 12 under BNSS section 128 for allegedly failing to register their stay or produce identification.
• They spent two days in Jagdalpur jail before a district administration order secured their release on July 14.
• A habeas corpus petition filed on July 14 in the Chhattisgarh High Court challenges the preventive detention as a breach of due process.
• Mahua Moitra described the detentions as state-sponsored kidnapping and raised concerns over workers’ lack of access to phones and legal representation.
• The case has intensified scrutiny of migrant verification drives in BJP-ruled states over constitutional rights and inter-state coordination.