The Bangladeshi nationals were caught by security forces after they entered into India without valid documents and were lodged in different detention camps in the state in past 4-5 years
In a bold step, India has deported 52 Bangladeshi nationals who were entered into India without valid documents, even as Assam is hotly debating National Register of Citizens (NRC) which will detect illegal foreigners residing in the state. 52 illegal Bangladeshi nationals who were detained in different detention camps in Assam are deported to Bangladesh from Assam’s Mankachar check post.
The Bangladeshi nationals were caught by security forces after they entered into India without valid documents and were lodged in different detention camps in the state in past 4-5 years.
All 52 of them are deported to Bangladesh through the international border at Mankachar in South Salmara Mankachar district. Deportation proceedings took place at Mankachar check post in presence of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Border of Assam police Raunak Ali Hazarika, Joint Secretary of Union Home Ministry and Bangladesh Border Guards. Bangladesh issued transit documents to its 52 nationals.
Whats interest is that 39 such illegal Bangladeshis were already deported from Assam in the past two years. Just last year, 17 Bangladeshi nationals were deported to Bangladesh through the international border in Assam’s Karimganj district. 5,234 Bangladeshi nationals were deported in 2013, while the figure was 989 in 2014, 474 in 2015 and 308 in 2016.
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