21 Bangladeshi nationals, including two women, were deported to their country on Saturday after two years in Assam.
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Karimganj: Altogether 21 Bangladeshi nationals, including two women, were deported to their country on Saturday after two years in Assam from Sutarkandi-Karimganj Immigration Check Post (ICP) on the India-Bangladesh International Border, police said.
They were arrested for violating the Passport Act and were kept at a
detention camp of Silchar Central Jail after being arrested from different
places. Police sources in Cachar said, adding, they had illegally entered Assam
through Tripura two years ago.
After receiving approval from the Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA), the 21 foreigners were sent back to their country after being
handed over by Assam Border Police and BSF to Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) at
the ICP, an Assam Police spokesman said here in Guwahati.
"The Bangladeshis were lodged at the detention centre in Cachar
Central Jail in Silchar from where they were taken in a special bus to the
border point to be handed over to the Bangladeshi authorities," Karimganj
police said.
The deportations come in the wake of massive
protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Northeastern states.
