Overview

• They were produced in Chapainawabganj Sadar Court a day after arrest and sent to judicial custody, with officials saying the pregnant woman will receive medical care under jail rules.
• Police cited the absence of valid Bangladeshi entry papers despite recovery of Indian documents and said charges were filed under the Passport and Foreigners laws, with the superintendent adding the Control of Entry Act, 1952.
• The group includes Sunali Khatun, her husband Danish Sheikh and their child from Birbhum, as well as another mother with two sons, all long-time workers in Delhi’s Rohini area.
• Family accounts and police statements say the six were detained during an identity verification drive in Delhi in late June and moved across the border through Assam; Bangladesh police said the families reported being pushed in by the BSF.
• The West Bengal Migrant Labour Welfare Board is funding legal aid, a habeas corpus filed July 8 in the Calcutta High Court is next listed for September 10, and a Supreme Court PIL on alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants is listed for August 29.